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Want to know what the Bible says about Orphan? Here are 41 Bible verses about Orphan from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Deuteronomy 14:28-29 NIV
28 At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns, 29 so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
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Exodus 22:22-24 NIV
22 “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. 23 If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. 24 My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.
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Deuteronomy 10:18 NIV
He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.
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Deuteronomy 16:11 NIV
And rejoice before the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name —you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.
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Deuteronomy 16:14 NIV
Be joyful at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.
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Deuteronomy 24:17-22 NIV
17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. 18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.
19 When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 21 When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 22 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.
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Deuteronomy 26:12-13 NIV
12 When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. 13 Then say to the Lord your God: “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them.
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Deuteronomy 27:19 NIV
“Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.”
Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
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Job 6:27 NIV
You would even cast lots for the fatherless
    and barter away your friend.
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Job 22:9 NIV
And you sent widows away empty-handed
    and broke the strength of the fatherless.
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Job 24:3 NIV
They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
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Job 24:9 NIV
The fatherless child is snatched from the breast;
    the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
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Job 29:12-13 NIV
12 because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
    and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
13 The one who was dying blessed me;
    I made the widow’s heart sing.
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Job 31:16-18 NIV
16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor
    or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow
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Job 31:21 NIV
if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
    knowing that I had influence in court,
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Psalm 10:14 NIV
But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;
    you are the helper of the fatherless.
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Psalm 10:17-18 NIV
17 You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;
    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed,
    so that mere earthly mortals
    will never again strike terror.
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Psalm 27:10 NIV
Though my father and mother forsake me,
    the Lord will receive me.
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Psalm 68:5 NIV
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
    is God in his holy dwelling.
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