Órfãos
Deus tem um cuidado especial pelos órfãos. Ele se apresenta como pai dos que não têm pai e defensor dos desamparados, e ordena a seu povo que faça o mesmo.
Deus, pai dos órfãos
O Senhor é pai dos órfãos e protetor das viúvas. Ele sustenta os que perderam amparo humano e cuida deles com ternura.
4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds "; rejoice before him —his name is the LORD.5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
9 The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
O chamado da justiça
A religião pura é visitar órfãos e viúvas em suas aflições. Deus ordena a defesa do necessitado e o cuidado com os mais frágeis.
27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. "Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
9 "This is what the LORD Almighty said: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.'
22 "Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless.23 If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.24 My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.
12 because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.13 The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow's heart sing.