Best 15 Bible Verses About Orphans

he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.”

and when he was exposed, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.

But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless. Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none. The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land. O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,

For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition that I made to him.

learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the King will answer them, Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.