Psalm 82:3

World Messianic Bible British Edition

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Cross References

Job 29:12

because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,

Job 31:21

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;

Psalm 10:18

to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

Exodus 23:3

You shall not favour a poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

Proverbs 31:9

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

Jeremiah 21:12

House of David, the LORD says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Jeremiah 22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me?” says the LORD.

Jeremiah 22:3

The LORD says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.

Zechariah 7:9

“Thus has the LORD of Hosts spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgement, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 24:17

You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;

James 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.