Psa 82:3-4, Pro 31:9, Isa 1:23, Jer 22:3, 15-16, Dan 4:27, Mic 6:8, Zep 2:3 | ESV | STEP | Give justice to the weak and the fatherless ; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute .

s[See ver. 15 above]

t[Judg. 2:10]

u Matt. 6:1

v Prov. 16:6; [Matt. 25:35, 36; Luke 11:41]

w[Jer. 18:8; Jonah 3:10; Acts 8:22; 2 Tim. 2:25]

x[Deut. 10:12]

z[Gen. 5:22]

aaSee Amos 5:6

ab Ps. 76:9; Isa. 11:4

ad[Amos 5:14, 15]

ae[Amos 5:14, 15]

af[Isa. 2:10; 26:20, 21]

Psalms 82:3-4

3 ^aGive justice to ^bthe weak and the fatherless;
^cmaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 ^dRescue the weak and the needy;
^edeliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Proverbs 31:9

9 Open your mouth, ^fjudge righteously,
^gdefend the rights of ^hthe poor and needy.

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.

Jeremiah 22:3

3 Thus says the Lord: ^kDo justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And ^ldo no wrong or violence ^mto the resident alien, ⁿthe fatherless, and the widow, nor ^oshed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 22:15-16

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.

Daniel 4:27

27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by ^upracticing righteousness, ^vand your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, ^wthat there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

Micah 6:8

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

Zephaniah 2:3

3 ^aaSeek the Lord, ^aball you humble of the land,
who do his just commands; ^{▼▼Or who carry out his judgment}
^adseek righteousness; seek humility;
^aeperhaps ^afyou may be hidden
on the day of the anger of the Lord.