Psalm 146:9

Good News Translation (US Version)

He protects the strangers who live in our land; he helps widows and orphans, but takes the wicked to their ruin.

Cross References

Psalm 68:5

God, who lives in his sacred Temple, cares for orphans and protects widows.

Psalm 147:6

He raises the humble, but crushes the wicked to the ground.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord Almighty says, “I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners—against all who do not respect me.

Jeremiah 49:11

Leave your orphans with me, and I will take care of them. Your widows can depend on me.

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord will destroy the homes of arrogant men, but he will protect a widow's property.

James 1:27

What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.

Proverbs 4:19

The road of the wicked, however, is dark as night. They fall, but cannot see what they have stumbled over.

Psalm 145:20

He protects everyone who loves him, but he will destroy the wicked.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For what this world considers to be wisdom is nonsense in God's sight. As the scripture says, “God traps the wise in their cleverness”;

Hosea 14:3

Assyria can never save us, and war horses cannot protect us. We will never again say to our idols that they are our God. O Lord, you show mercy to those who have no one else to turn to.”

Psalm 18:26

You are pure to those who are pure, but hostile to those who are wicked.

Esther 9:25

But Esther went to the king, and the king issued written orders with the result that Haman suffered the fate he had planned for the Jews—he and his sons were hanged from the gallows.

Esther 7:10

So Haman was hanged on the gallows that he had built for Mordecai. Then the king's anger cooled down.

Esther 5:14

So his wife and all his friends suggested, “Why don't you have a gallows built, seventy-five feet tall? Tomorrow morning you can ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it, and then you can go to the banquet happy.” Haman thought this was a good idea, so he had the gallows built.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and went back to his hometown. After putting his affairs in order, he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.

2 Samuel 15:31

When David was told that Ahithophel had joined Absalom's rebellion, he prayed, “Please, Lord, turn Ahithophel's advice into nonsense!”

Deuteronomy 16:11

Be joyful in the Lord's presence, together with your children, your servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. Do this at the one place of worship.

Psalm 10:14

But you do see; you take notice of trouble and suffering and are always ready to help. The helpless commit themselves to you; you have always helped the needy.