Bible verses about Abuse
Verses about defending the weak and the promise that God sees those who suffer.
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You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 22:21You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
Exodus 22:22He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 10:18‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:19You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
Psalms 10:17to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
Psalms 10:18May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
Psalms 72:4Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
Psalms 82:3Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Isaiah 1:17For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
Isaiah 25:4Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
Isaiah 58:6This 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 22:3He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Matthew 18:6Pure 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.
James 1:27So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
Genesis 16:13The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Psalms 9:9But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 10:14Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.
Psalms 27:10Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
Psalms 55:22You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
Psalms 56:8