Bible Verses of Orphans

The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

Psalms 146:9

They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow they show no kindness.

Job 24:21

They crush olives among the terraces; they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

Job 24:11

The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.

Job 24:9

They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.

Job 24:6

Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.

Job 24:5

They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

Job 24:4

They drive away the orphan`s donkey and take the widow`s ox in pledge.

Job 24:3

There are those who move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.

Job 24:2

You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.

Job 6:27

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

James 1:27

Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow`s case does not come before them.

Isaiah 1:23

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.

Deuteronomy 26:13

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.

Deuteronomy 26:12

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.

Deuteronomy 24:22

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.

Deuteronomy 24:21

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.

Deuteronomy 24:20

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.

Deuteronomy 24:19

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.

Deuteronomy 24:18

Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

Deuteronomy 24:17

He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 10:18

Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against the king. He was one of Solomon`s officials, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, and his mother was a widow named Zeruah.

1 Kings 11:26