Exodus 22:22-24
22 aYou shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. 23If you do mistreat them, and they bcry out to me, I will surely chear their cry, 24and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and dyour wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.Psalms 10:14
14But you do see, for you enote mischief and vexation,that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless fcommits himself;
you have been gthe helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 68:5
5 hFather of the fatherless and iprotector of widowsis God in his holy habitation.
Psalms 146:9
9 jThe Lord watches over the sojourners;khe upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but lthe way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
Proverbs 23:10-11
10 mDo not move an ancient landmarkor enter the fields of the fatherless,
11for their nRedeemer is strong;
he will oplead their cause against you.
John 14:18
18“I will not leave you as orphans; pI will come to you.
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