The Lord sustains the fatherless and the widow

The Lord sustains the fatherless and the widow

Psalm 146:9(The Lord sustains the fatherless and the widow)

            ⁹ The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, 
   but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

Psalm 10:18(LORD hears the afflicted defending the fatherless and the oppressed)

            ¹⁷ You, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, ¹⁸ defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals 
   will never again strike terror.

Ex 22:22(Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless)

             ²² “Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.

Deut 24:17(Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice)

            ¹⁷ Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

Eze 22:7(Do not mistreat the fatherless and the widow)

            ⁷ In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

Pro 23:10(Do not encroach on the fields of the fatherless)

            ¹⁰ Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Psalm 82:3(Defend the weak and the fatherless)

            ³ Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

 We learn the following from the above verses

1)     The Lord sustains the fatherless and the widow

2)     LORD hears the afflicted defending the fatherless and the oppressed

3)     Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless

4)     Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice

5)     Do not mistreat the fatherless and the widow

6)     Do not encroach on the fields of the fatherless

7)     Defend the weak and the fatherless