Scriptures

Deuteronomy 24:17 NCV Do not be unfair to a foreigner or an orphan. Don't take a widow's coat to make sure she pays you back.

Isaiah 1:17 NCV Learn to do good. Seek justice. Punish those who hurt others. Help the orphans. Stand up for the rights of widows."

Deuteronomy 24:19 NCV When you are gathering your harvest in the field and leave behind a bundle of grain, don't go back and get it. Leave it there for foreigners, orphans, and widows so that the Lord your God can bless everything you do.

Jeremiah 22:3 NCV This is what the Lord says: Do what is fair and right. Save the one who has been robbed from the power of his attacker. Don't mistreat or hurt the foreigners, orphans, or widows. Don't kill innocent people here.

Isaiah 58:10-11 NCV If you feed those who are hungry and take care of the needs of those who are troubled, then your light will shine in the darkness, and you will be bright like sunshine at noon. The Lord will always lead you. He will satisfy your needs in dry lands and give strength to your bones. You will be like a garden that has much water, like a spring that never runs dry.

James 1:27 NCV Religion that God the Father accepts as pure and without fault is this: caring for orphans or widows who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world's evil influence.

Psalms 41:3 The Message Whenever we're sick and in bed, God becomes our nurse, nurses us back to health.