Psalms 82:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.”
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“Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 82:3 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:3And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
- Exodus 23:6You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
- Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Deuteronomy 24:17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
- Psalms 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
- Proverbs 31:9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
- Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
- Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
- Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
- Jeremiah 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
- Zechariah 7:9“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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