Exo 22:22-27, Isa 5:2, 58:6-8, Mic 6:8, Zec 7:9-14, Mat 3:8-10, 23:23 | ESV | STEP | You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child .

22 ^aYou shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you do mistreat them, and they ^bcry out to me, I will surely ^chear their cry, 24 and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and ^dyour wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

25 ^e“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him. 26 ^fIf ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, 27 for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he ^gcries to me, I will hear, for I am ^hcompassionate.

Isaiah 5:2

2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with ⁱchoice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and ^jhe looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.

Isaiah 58:6-8

6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
^kto loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps ^lof the yoke,
to let the oppressed ^{▼▼Or bruised} go free,
and to break every yoke?
7 Is it not ⁿto share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
^oand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 ^pThen shall your light break forth like the dawn,
^qand your healing shall spring up speedily;
^ryour righteousness shall go before you;
^sthe glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Micah 6:8

8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and ^twhat does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness, ^{▼▼Or steadfast love}
and to ^vwalk humbly with your God?

Zechariah 7:9-14

9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^wRender true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, 10 ^xdo not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, ^yor the poor, and ^zlet none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” 11 But ^aathey refused to pay attention ^aband turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear. ^{▼▼Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear} 12 ^adThey made their hearts diamond-hard ^aelest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ^afby his Spirit through ^agthe former prophets. ^ahTherefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. 13 ^ai“As I ^{▼▼Hebrew he} called, and they would not hear, ^akso they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts, 14 ^al“and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all ^amthe nations that they had not known. ^anThus the land they left was desolate, ^aoso that no one went to and fro, ^apand the pleasant land was made desolate.”

Matthew 3:8-10

8 Bear fruit ^aqin keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ^ar‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from ^asthese stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. ^atEvery tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 23:23

23 ^au“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ^avyou tithe mint and dill and ^awcumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: ^axjustice and mercy and faithfulness. ^ayThese you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.