What the Bible says about

Fatherless

38 references · matched from the Berean Standard Bible text · tap any verse for study tools

“My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.”
Exodus 22:24 BSB
“He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.”
Deuteronomy 10:18 BSB
“Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.”
Deuteronomy 14:29 BSB
“and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.”
Deuteronomy 16:11 BSB
“And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.”
Deuteronomy 16:14 BSB
“Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.”
Deuteronomy 24:17 BSB
“If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.”
Deuteronomy 24:19 BSB
“When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.”
Deuteronomy 24:20 BSB
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