Fatherless
35 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
31 sections
- A Curse on Those Who Oppress
- A Type of Zion in Affliction
- Afflict Not
- Blessedness of Taking Care of
- Daughters of Zelophehad
- Defend
- Defraud Not
- do No Violence To
- Esther
- Find Mercy in God
- God Will: Be a Father of
- God Will: Be a Helper of
- God Will: Execute the Judgment of
- God Will: Hear the Cry of
- God Will: Punish Those Who Judge Not
- God Will: Punish Those Who Oppress
- Joash
- Jotham
- Let Them Share in Our Blessings
- Lot
- Mephibosheth
- Oppress Not
- Promises with Respect To
- The Wicked: Judge not For
- The Wicked: Murder
- The Wicked: Oppress
- The Wicked: Overwhelm
- The Wicked: Rob
- The Wicked: Vex
- Visit in Affliction
- Wrong Not, in Judgment
A Curse on Those Who Oppress
- Deuteronomy 27:19 ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
A Type of Zion in Affliction
- Lamentations 5:3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
Afflict Not
- Exodus 22:22 You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
Blessedness of Taking Care of
- Deuteronomy 14:29 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.
- Job 29:12–13 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. …
- Jeremiah 7:6–7 if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm, …
Daughters of Zelophehad
- Numbers 27:1–5 Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and …
Defend
- Psalm 82:3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
- Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Defraud Not
- Proverbs 23:10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
do No Violence To
- 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.
Esther
- Esther 2:7 And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai …
Find Mercy in God
- Hosea 14:3 Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
God Will: Be a Father of
- Psalm 68:5 A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.
God Will: Be a Helper of
- Psalm 10:14 But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
God Will: Execute the Judgment of
- Deuteronomy 10:18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Psalm 10:18 to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
God Will: Hear the Cry of
- Exodus 22:23 If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.
God Will: Punish Those Who Judge Not
- Jeremiah 5:28–29 They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy. …
God Will: Punish Those Who Oppress
- Exodus 22:24 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.
- Isaiah 10:1–3 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, …
- Malachi 3:5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and …
Joash
- 2 Kings 11:1–12 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs. …
Jotham
- Judges 9:16–21 Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves— …
Let Them Share in Our Blessings
- Deuteronomy 14:29 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.
Lot
- Genesis 11:27–28 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. …
Mephibosheth
- 2 Samuel 9:3 So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
Oppress Not
- Zechariah 7:10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
Promises with Respect To
- Jeremiah 49:11 Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
The Wicked: Judge not For
- Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Jeremiah 5:28 They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
The Wicked: Murder
- Psalm 94:6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
The Wicked: Oppress
- Job 24:3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
The Wicked: Overwhelm
- Job 6:27 You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.
The Wicked: Rob
- Isaiah 10:2 to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
The Wicked: Vex
- Ezekiel 22:7 Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
Visit in Affliction
- 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.
Wrong Not, in Judgment
- Deuteronomy 24:17 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
Related topics
OrphanUsurpation of Political Functions by AthaliahConspiracy of JehoiadaWidowsWidowMahlah
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.