Bible Verses About
Widows and Orphans
Caring for widows and orphans — religion pure and undefiled.
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”
“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”
“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”
“The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”
“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.”
“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”
“Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:”
“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;”
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Frequently asked
What does the Bible say about widows and orphans?
Scripture speaks to widows and orphans in passages such as James 1:27, Exodus 22:22, Isaiah 1:17. For example, James 1:27 says, “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
What is a well-known Bible verse about widows and orphans?
James 1:27 — “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
Which Psalm is about widows and orphans?
Psalms 82:3 — “Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”