Exodus 22:22–24
22 dYou shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry, 24 and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and eyour wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
Psalm 68:5
5 qFather of the fatherless and protector of widows
is God in rhis holy habitation.
Psalm 146:9
9 fThe Lord watches over the sojourners;
he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
Hosea 14:3
3 lAssyria shall not save us;
mwe will not ride on horses;
and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
nIn you the orphan finds mercy.”
