Nave’s Topical Bible
Orphan
35 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- General scriptures concerning
Exodus 22:22-24; Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 14:28-29; Deuteronomy 16:11,14; Deuteronomy 24:17-22; Deuteronomy 26:12-13; Deuteronomy 27:19; Job 6:27; Job 22:9; Job 24:3,9; Job 29:12-13; Job 31:16-18,21; Psalms 10:14,17-18; Psalms 27:10; Psalms 68:5; Psalms 82:3; Psalms 94:6; Psalms 146:9; Proverbs 23:10; Isaiah 1:17,23; Isaiah 10:1-2; Jeremiah 5:28; Jeremiah 7:6-7; Jeremiah 22:3; Jeremiah 49:11; Hosea 14:3; Malachi 3:5; James 1:27
See ADOPTION
See CHILDREN
See WIDOW
- INSTANCES OF
- Lot
- Daughters of Zelophehad
- Jotham
- Mephibosheth
- Joash
- Esther
- A figure of Zion in affliction
Bible verses about “Orphan”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Exodus 22:22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
- Exodus 22:23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
- Exodus 22:24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
- Deuteronomy 10:18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
- Deuteronomy 14:28At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
- Deuteronomy 14:29And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
- Deuteronomy 16:11And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
- Deuteronomy 16:14And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
- Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
- Deuteronomy 24:18But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
- Deuteronomy 24:19When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
- Deuteronomy 24:20When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
- Deuteronomy 24:21When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
- Deuteronomy 24:22And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
- Deuteronomy 26:12When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
- Deuteronomy 26:13Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
- Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Job 6:27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
- Job 22:9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- Job 24:3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
- Job 24:9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
- Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
- Job 29:13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
- Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
- Job 31:17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
- Job 31:18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
- Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
- Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 10:17Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- Psalms 10:18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
- Psalms 27:10When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
- Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
- Psalms 94:6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
- Psalms 146:9The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
- Proverbs 23:10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
- Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
- Isaiah 10:1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
- Isaiah 10:2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!