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.Job 22:9
9You have esent widows away empty,and fthe arms of gthe fatherless were crushed.
Job 24:3
3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;they htake the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Job 24:9
9(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,and they take a pledge against the poor.)
Job 29:12
12because I idelivered the poor who cried for help,and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Job 31:17
17or have eaten my morsel alone,and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Job 31:21
21if I have raised my hand against jthe fatherless,because I saw my help in kthe gate,
Psalms 82:3
3 lGive justice to mthe weak and the fatherless;nmaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Proverbs 23:10-11
10 oDo not move an ancient landmarkor enter the fields of the fatherless,
11for their pRedeemer is strong;
he will qplead their cause against you.
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