Job 29:12, 15-16, Psa 72:1-2, Isa 1:17, 23, 11:4, 32:1-2, Jer 5:28 | ESV | STEP | because I delivered the poor who cried for help , and the fatherless who had none to help him.

Job 29:12

12 because I ^adelivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.

Job 29:15-16

15 I was ^beyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out ^cthe cause of him whom I did not know.

Psalms 72:1-2

Give the King Your Justice

Of ^dSolomon.

1 Give the king your ^ejustice, O God,
and your righteousness to the royal son!
2 May he ^fjudge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!

Isaiah 1:17

17 learn to do good;
^gseek justice,
correct oppression;
^hbring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.

Isaiah 1:23

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

Isaiah 11:4

4 but ^kwith righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall ^lstrike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and ^mwith the breath of his lips ⁿhe shall kill the wicked.

Isaiah 32:1-2

A King Will Reign in Righteousness

1 Behold, ^oa king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule in justice.
2 ^pEach will be like a hiding place from the wind,
a shelter from the storm,
^qlike streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

Jeremiah 5:28

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