Job 29:12-14, Psa 72:4, 82:2-4, Isa 1:23, Jer 22:15-19, Zec 7:10 | ESV | STEP | because I delivered the poor who cried for help , and the fatherless who had none to help him.

s[See ver. 15 above]

t[Judg. 2:10]

u ver. 3; [ch. 26:15]

v Ps. 78:64; See ch. 16:4-6

w[1 Kgs. 13:30]

x[ch. 34:5]

y ch. 8:2; 36:30; [Isa. 14:19]

z Isa. 1:23; Jer. 5:28; See Ex. 22:21, 22

aa Prov. 22:22

ab ch. 8:17

Job 29:12-14

12 because I ^adelivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 ^bThe blessing of him who was ^cabout to perish came upon me,
and I caused ^dthe widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I ^eput on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and ^fa turban.

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!

Psalms 82:2-4

2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and ^gshow partiality to ^hthe wicked? Selah
3 ⁱGive justice to ^jthe weak and the fatherless;
^kmaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 ^lRescue the weak and the needy;
^mdeliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Isaiah 1:23

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

Jeremiah 22:15-19

15 Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and ^pdo justice and righteousness?
^qThen it was well with him.
16 ^rHe judged the cause of the poor and needy;
^sthen it was well.
Is not this ^tto know me?
declares the Lord.
17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
^ufor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

^v“They shall not lament for him, saying,
^w‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
^x‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
19 With the burial of a donkey ^yhe shall be buried,
dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

Zechariah 7:10

10 ^zdo not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, ^aaor the poor, and ^ablet none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”