Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord.
Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge,
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.
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