Psalm 82:3
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
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Cross references
- James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- Psalm 10:18 to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
- Jeremiah 22:3 This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.