God's Love for the Fatherless

James 1:27  Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:  to look after orphans and widows in distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Psalm 82:3-4  Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.  Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

Matthew 18:5  And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.

Psalm 68:5-6  Father to the fatherless, defender of widows - this is God, whose dwelling is holy.  God places the lonely in families.

Isaiah 1:17  Seek justice, encourage the oppressed.  Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.

Hosea 14:3  In you the orphan finds mercy.

Psalm 10:14, 17-18  You are the helper of the fatherless.  Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause your ear to hear, to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may oppress no more.

Matthew 25:40  I tell you the truth, when you did it one of the least of my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me.

Deuteronomy 24:19  When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don't go back to get it.  Leave it for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.  Then the Lord your God will bless you in all you do.

Proverbs 31:8-9  Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.  Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.