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Job 31:21
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

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Job 31:22
May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

Job 22:9
You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

Proverbs 22:22
Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

Job 6:27
Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

Job 24:3
They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

Job 24:9
The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

Proverbs 23:10
Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

Proverbs 23:11
For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

Isaiah 1:17
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

Isaiah 1:23
Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

James 1:27
The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

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Job 29:7
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

Job 5:4
Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.

Amos 5:10
They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

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Job 29:12
For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

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Exodus 22:22
Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

Exodus 22:23
If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;

Exodus 22:24
And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.

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Psalms 7:5
Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

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