Jeremiah 49:11

New Century Version

Leave the orphans, and I will take care of them. Your widows also can trust in me.”

Cross References

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects the foreigners. He defends the orphans and widows, but he blocks the way of the wicked.

Psalm 68:5

God is in his holy Temple. He is a father to orphans, and he defends the widows.

Psalm 82:3

Defend the weak and the orphans; defend the rights of the poor and suffering.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria cannot save us, nor will we trust in our horses. We will not say again, ‘Our gods,’ to the things our hands have made. You show mercy to orphans.”

Jonah 4:11

Then shouldn’t I show concern for the great city Nineveh, which has more than one hundred twenty thousand people who do not know right from wrong, and many animals, too?”

Zechariah 7:10

Don’t hurt widows and orphans, foreigners or the poor; don’t even think of doing evil to somebody else.’

Malachi 3:5

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Then I will come to you and judge you. I will be quick to testify against those who take part in evil magic, adultery, and lying under oath, those who cheat workers of their pay and who cheat widows and orphans, those who are unfair to foreigners, and those who do not respect me.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He helps orphans and widows, and he loves foreigners and gives them food and clothes.

1 Timothy 5:5

The true widow, who is all alone, puts her hope in God and continues to pray night and day for God’s help.

James 1:27

Religion that God accepts as pure and without fault is this: caring for orphans or widows who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world’s evil influence.