25 Bible Verses About Fatherlessness (NIV)
This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Fatherlessness (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.
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Bible Verses About Fatherlessness
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James 1:27
27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
12
1 Timothy 5:8
8 If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
11
Psalm 68:5
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
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Psalm 68:5-6
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. 6 God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
10
Ephesians 6:4
4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
10
Deuteronomy 10:18
18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.
9
Psalm 82:3
3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
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Psalm 10:14
14 But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
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Psalm 10:18
18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.
7
Jeremiah 49:11
11 Leave your orphans; I will protect their lives. Your widows too can trust in me."
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Psalm 146:9
9 The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
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Proverbs 22:6
6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
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Psalm 103:13
13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
6
John 3:16
16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
6
Isaiah 1:23
23 Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them.
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2 Chronicles 7:14
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
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Isaiah 1:17
17 learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.
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Proverbs 13:24
24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.
5
Job 29:12
12 because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist him.
5
Revelation 3:20
20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.
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Deuteronomy 27:19
19 "Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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