Psalm 146:9

New American Standard Bible 2020

The Lord watches over strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

Now someone informed David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “Lord, please make the advice of Ahithophel foolish.”

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out and went to his home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; so he died and was buried in his father’s grave.

Esther 5:14

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a wooden gallows fifty cubits high made, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet.” And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the wooden gallows made.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

Esther 9:25

But when it came to the king’s attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews was to return on his own head, and that he and his sons were to be hanged on the wooden gallows.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it, for You have looked at harm and provocation to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the helper of the orphan.

Psalm 145:20

The Lord watches over all who love Him, But He will destroy all the wicked.

Psalm 147:6

The Lord supports the afflicted; He brings the wicked down to the ground.

Psalm 18:26

With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.

Psalm 68:5

¶A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy dwelling.

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord will tear down the house of the proud, But He will set the boundary of the widow.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble.

Jeremiah 49:11

“Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your widows trust in Me.”

Hosea 14:3

“Assyria will not save us, We will not ride on horses; Nor will we say again, ‘Our god’ To the work of our hands; For in You the orphan finds mercy.”

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, those who oppress the wage earner in his wages or the widow or the orphan, and those who turn away the stranger from justice and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of armies.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. For it is written: “He is the one who catches the wise by their craftiness”;

Deuteronomy 16:11

and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is in your town, and the stranger, the orphan, and the widow who are in your midst, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.