55 Bible Verses about Orphans
Want to know what the Bible says about Orphans? Here are 55 Bible verses about Orphans 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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Jeremiah 49:11 NIV
‘Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive.
Your widows too can depend on me.’”
Your widows too can depend on me.’”
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Hosea 14:3 NIV
Assyria cannot save us;
we will not mount warhorses.
We will never again say ‘Our gods’
to what our own hands have made,
for in you the fatherless find compassion.”
we will not mount warhorses.
We will never again say ‘Our gods’
to what our own hands have made,
for in you the fatherless find compassion.”
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Jeremiah 5:28 NIV
and have grown fat and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;
they do not defend the just cause of the poor.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;
they do not defend the just cause of the poor.
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Psalm 10:17 NIV
You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
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Psalm 41:1-3 NIV
41 Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;
the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.
2 The Lord protects and preserves them—
they are counted among the blessed in the land—
he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.
3 The Lord sustains them on their sickbed
and restores them from their bed of illness.
the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.
2 The Lord protects and preserves them—
they are counted among the blessed in the land—
he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.
3 The Lord sustains them on their sickbed
and restores them from their bed of illness.
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Esther 2:7 NIV
Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.
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Proverbs 23:10 NIV
Do not move an ancient boundary stone
or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
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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 —
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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Psalm 82:4 NIV
Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
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Job 22:9 NIV
And you sent widows away empty-handed
and broke the strength of the fatherless.
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.
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
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Job 6:27 NIV
You would even cast lots for the fatherless
and barter away your friend.
and barter away your friend.
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Psalm 94:6 NIV
They slay the widow and the foreigner;
they murder the fatherless.
they murder the fatherless.
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Isaiah 58:7 NIV
Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter —
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter —
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
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Ephesians 1:5 NIV
he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—
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Jeremiah 7:6 NIV
if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm,
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Ezekiel 16:49 NIV
“‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
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John 3:16-17 NIV
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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1 Timothy 5:3-4 NIV
3 Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
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