Psalm 82:3

Modern King James Version

Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Cross References

Job 29:12

For I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

Job 31:21

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless when I watched over my help in the gate;

Psalm 10:18

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, so that the man of the earth may no more terrify.

Exodus 23:3

And you should not favor a poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:6

You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his cause.

Proverbs 31:9

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek judgment, reprove the oppressor. Judge the orphan, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:23

your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, so says Jehovah: Do judgment in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest My fury go out like fire, and burn so that none can put it out, because of the evil of your doings.

Jeremiah 22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Was this not to know Me? says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 22:3

So says Jehovah, Do judgment and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the oppressors's hand. And do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.

Zechariah 7:9

So speaks Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and practice kindness and pity, each man to his brother.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger in giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 24:17

You shall not pervert the rightful judgment of the stranger nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing to pledge.

James 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their afflictions, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.