Deu 10:18, Job 29:12-13, Psa 72:2, 4, Isa 1:23, Jer 5:28, Luk 18:2-7 | ESV | STEP | He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow , and loves the sojourner , giving him food and clothing .

Deuteronomy 10:18

18 ^aHe executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

Job 29:12-13

12 because I ^bdelivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 ^cThe blessing of him who was ^dabout to perish came upon me,
and I caused ^ethe widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Psalms 72:2

2 May he ^fjudge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!

Psalms 72:4

4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor!

Isaiah 1:23

23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone ^gloves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
^hThey do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.

Jeremiah 5:28

28 ⁱthey have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
^jthey judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Luke 18:2-7

2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who ^kneither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ^l‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And ^mwill not God give justice to ⁿhis elect, ^owho cry to him day and night? ^p, ^qWill he delay long over them?