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Psalms 68:5
God in His holy dwelling is a father of the fatherless and a champion of widows.
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Jeremiah 49:11
Abandon your fatherless; I will preserve them; let your widows trust in Me.
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Psalms 147:6
The Lord helps the afflicted but brings the wicked to the ground.
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Exodus 22:21-22
“ You must not exploit a foreign resident or oppress him, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.“ You must not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.
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Malachi 3:5
“ I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.
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Deuteronomy 10:18-19
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.You also must love the foreigner, since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they don’t know what makes them stumble.
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Esther 7:10
They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
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James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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1 Corinthians 3 19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness;
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2 Samuel 17 23
When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He set his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
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Job 5:12-14
He frustrates the schemes of the crafty so that they achieve no success.He traps the wise in their craftiness so that the plans of the deceptive are quickly brought to an end.They encounter darkness by day, and they grope at noon as if it were night.
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Psalms 83:13-17
Make them like tumbleweed, my God, like straw before the wind.As fire burns a forest, as a flame blazes through mountains,so pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm.Cover their faces with shame so that they will seek Your name Yahweh.Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace.
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Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us, we will not ride on horses, and we will no longer proclaim,‘ Our gods!’ to the work of our hands. For the fatherless receives compassion in You.”
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Psalms 145:20
The Lord guards all those who love Him, but He destroys all the wicked.
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Proverbs 15:25
The Lord destroys the house of the proud, but He protects the widow’s territory.
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Deuteronomy 16:11
Rejoice before Yahweh your God in the place where He chooses to have His name dwell— you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow among you.
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Esther 5:14
His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him,“ Have them build a gallows 75 feet high. Ask the king in the morning to hang Mordecai on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows constructed.
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2 Samuel 15 31
Then someone reported to David:“ Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”“ Lord,” David pleaded,“ please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
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Psalms 18:26
with the pure You prove Yourself pure, but with the crooked You prove Yourself shrewd.
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Esther 9:25
But when the matter was brought before the king, he commanded by letter that the evil plan Haman had devised against the Jews return on his own head and that he should be hanged with his sons on the gallows.