Jeremiah 49:11

New Living Translation

But I will protect the orphans who remain among you. Your widows, too, can depend on me for help.”

Cross References

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.

Psalm 68:5

Father to the fatherless, defender of widows— this is God, whose dwelling is holy.

Psalm 82:3

“Give justice to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria cannot save us, nor can our warhorses. Never again will we say to the idols we have made, ‘You are our gods.’ No, in you alone do the orphans find mercy.”

Jonah 4:11

But Nineveh has more than 120,000 people living in spiritual darkness, not to mention all the animals. Shouldn’t I feel sorry for such a great city?”

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.

Malachi 3:5

“At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.

1 Timothy 5:5

Now a true widow, a woman who is truly alone in this world, has placed her hope in God. She prays night and day, asking God for his help.

James 1:27

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.