Psalm 146:9

New Living Translation

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:31

When someone told David that his adviser Ahithophel was now backing Absalom, David prayed, “O Lord, let Ahithophel give Absalom foolish advice!”

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey, went to his hometown, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. He died there and was buried in the family tomb.

Esther 5:14

So Haman’s wife, Zeresh, and all his friends suggested, “Set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet tall, and in the morning ask the king to impale Mordecai on it. When this is done, you can go on your merry way to the banquet with the king.” This pleased Haman, and he ordered the pole set up.

Esther 7:10

So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

Esther 9:25

But when Esther came before the king, he issued a decree causing Haman’s evil plot to backfire, and Haman and his sons were impaled on a sharpened pole.

Psalm 10:14

But you see the trouble and grief they cause. You take note of it and punish them. The helpless put their trust in you. You defend the orphans.

Psalm 145:20

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

Psalm 147:6

The Lord supports the humble, but he brings the wicked down into the dust.

Psalm 18:26

To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

Psalm 68:5

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

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he protects the property of widows.

Proverbs 4:19

But the way of the wicked is like total darkness. They have no idea what they are stumbling over.

Jeremiah 49:11

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

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.”

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.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, “He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness.”

Deuteronomy 16:11

This is a time to celebrate before the Lord your God at the designated place of worship he will choose for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you.

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.