Jeremiah 49:11

God's Word

“Abandon your orphans, and I will keep them alive. Your widows can trust me.”

Cross References

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects foreigners. The Lord gives relief to orphans and widows. But he keeps wicked people from reaching their goal.

Psalm 68:5

The God who is in his holy dwelling place is the father of the fatherless and the defender of widows.

Psalm 82:3

Defend weak people and orphans. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria cannot save us. We won’t ride on horses anymore. We will never again say that the things our hands have made are our gods. You love orphans.”

Jonah 4:11

Shouldn’t I feel sorry for this important city, Nineveh? It has more than 120,000 people in it as well as many animals. These people couldn’t tell their right hand from their left.”

Zechariah 7:10

Don’t oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and poor people. And don’t even think of doing evil to each other.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He makes sure orphans and widows receive justice. He loves foreigners and gives them food and clothes.

1 Timothy 5:5

A widow who has no family has placed her confidence in God by praying and asking for his help night and day.

James 1:27

Pure, unstained religion, according to God our Father, is to take care of orphans and widows when they suffer and to remain uncorrupted by this world.