Psalm 146:9

New English Translation

The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

Now David had been told, “Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, “Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O Lord!”

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.

Esther 5:14

Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a gallows seventy-five feet high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented.” It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.

Esther 9:25

But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king gave written orders that Haman’s evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.

Psalm 10:14

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

Psalm 145:20

The Lord protects those who love him, but he destroys all the wicked.

Psalm 147:6

The Lord lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground.

Psalm 18:26

You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

Psalm 68:5

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.

Jeremiah 49:11

Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.”

Hosea 14:3

Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!”

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

Deuteronomy 16:11

You shall rejoice before him – you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you – in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.