25 Bible Verses About Foster Care (ESV)

3   Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
    maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4   Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

37 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

4   May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
    give deliverance to the children of the needy,
    and crush the oppressor!

6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

5 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,

27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

17     learn to do good;
  seek justice,
    correct oppression;
  bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow’s cause.

27 For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition that I made to him.

11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

6   Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.

20   She opens her hand to the poor
    and reaches out her hands to the needy.

14   But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
    that you may take it into your hands;
  to you the helpless commits himself;
    you have been the helper of the fatherless.

33 “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

13   He has pity on the weak and the needy,
    and saves the lives of the needy.
14   From oppression and violence he redeems their life,
    and precious is their blood in his sight.

8   Open your mouth for the mute,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
9   Open your mouth, judge righteously,
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.

34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

36 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.”

16   He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
    then it was well.
  Is not this to know me?
    declares the LORD.

2   A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully
    and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

7   A righteous man knows the rights of the poor;
    a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

9   Open your mouth, judge righteously,
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.

41   but he raises up the needy out of affliction
    and makes their families like flocks.

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,