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Bible Verses About Orphans

12 Bible verses about orphans, quoted word for word from the King James Version (KJV) and the World English Bible (WEB). Both translations are in the public domain. Tap a chapter link to read each verse in its full context.

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James 1:27

KJVPure 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.

WEBPure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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Exodus 22:22-24

KJVYe shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

WEB“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child. If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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John 14:18

KJVI will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

WEBI will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.

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Isaiah 1:17

KJVLearn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

WEBLearn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

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Psalm 82:3

KJVDefend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

WEB“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

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Psalm 146:9

KJVThe LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

WEBYahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

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Psalm 68:5

KJVA father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

WEBA father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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Psalm 27:10

KJVWhen my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

WEBWhen my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.

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Job 29:12

KJVBecause I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

WEBbecause I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,

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Acts 20:35

KJVI have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

WEBIn all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

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Matthew 6:1-4

KJVTake heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

WEB“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Therefore, when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does, so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

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Zechariah 7:9-10

KJVThus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

WEB“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother. Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’

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