Psalm 82:3

The Scriptures 1998

Give right-ruling to the poor and fatherless, Do right to the afflicted and needy.

Cross References

Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who cried out, and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 31:21

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, when I saw I had help in the gate;

Psalm 10:18

To defend the fatherless and the downtrodden; So that man who is of the earth no longer oppresses!

Exodus 23:3

“And do not favour a poor man in his strife.

Exodus 23:6

“Do not turn aside the right-ruling of your poor in his strife.

Proverbs 31:9

Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Isaiah 1:17

“Learn to do good! Seek right-ruling, reprove the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.

Jeremiah 21:12

‘O house of Dawiḏ

Jeremiah 22:16

“He defended the cause of the poor and needy – then it was well. Was this not to know Me?” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 22:3

‘Thus said יהוה, “Do right-ruling and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do not maltreat nor do violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 5:28

‘They have become fat, they are sleek. They also overlook the deeds of the wrong. They did not rightly rule the cause of the fatherless, so that they prosper. And the right of the needy they did not rightly rule.

Zechariah 7:9

“Thus said יהוה  of hosts, ‘Execute true right-ruling, show kindness and compassion everyone to his brother.

Deuteronomy 10:18

“He executes right-ruling for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and a garment.

Deuteronomy 24:17

“Do not twist the right-ruling of a stranger or the fatherless, nor take the garment of a widow.

James 1:27

Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.