Psalm 82:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.

Cross References

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor who cried and the orphan who had no helper.

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the orphan because I saw I had supporters at the gate;

Psalm 10:18

to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that those from earth may strike terror no more.

Exodus 23:3

nor shall you be partial to the poor in a lawsuit.

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits.

Proverbs 31:9

Speak out; judge righteously; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek justice; rescue the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the orphan, and the widow’s cause does not come before them.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed, or else my wrath will go forth like fire and burn, with no one to quench it, because of their evil doings.

Jeremiah 22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? says the Lord.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 5:28

they have grown fat and sleek. They know no limits in deeds of wickedness; they do not judge with justice the cause of the orphan, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Zechariah 7:9

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another;

Deuteronomy 10:18

who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 24:17

“You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow’s garment in pledge.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.