- “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” – Genesis 1:27 (NIV)
“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
- “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” – Psalm 139:13 (NIV)
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
- “Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.” – Proverbs 24:11 (NIV)
“Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.”
- “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.” – Proverbs 31:8 (NIV)
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.”
- “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,” – Luke 4:18 (NIV)
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,”
- “For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.” – Psalm 9:12 (NIV)
“For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.”
- “He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free,” – Psalm 146:7 (NIV)
“He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free,”
- “Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.” – Isaiah 1:17 (NIV)
“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.”
- “He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.” – Deuteronomy 10:18 (NIV)
“He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.”
- “For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,” – Romans 10:12 (NIV)
“For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,”
- “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.” – Psalm 68:5 (NIV)
“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.”
- “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” – Psalm 34:18 (NIV)
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
- “Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.” – Proverbs 19:17 (NIV)
“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.”
- “The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.” – Proverbs 29:7 (NIV)
“The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.”
- “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” – Micah 6:8 (NIV)
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”
- “This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.” – Jeremiah 22:3 (NIV)
“This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.”
- “Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.” – Proverbs 14:31 (NIV)
“Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.”
- “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?” – Isaiah 58:6 (NIV)
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?”
- “The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the Lord will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.” – Isaiah 41:17 (NIV)
“The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the Lord will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.”
- “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.” – James 1:27 (NIV)
“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.”
- “Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.” – Psalm 107:13 (NIV)
“Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.”
- “Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.” – Psalm 41:1 (NIV)
“Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.”
- “Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.” – Proverbs 21:13 (NIV)
“Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.”
- “Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” – Psalm 82:4 (NIV)
“Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
- “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,” – Matthew 25:35 (NIV)
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,”
- “Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.” – Psalm 82:3 (ESV)
“Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.”
- “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” – Micah 6:8 (ESV)
“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
- “For God shows no partiality.” – Romans 2:11 (ESV)
“For God shows no partiality.”
- “Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.” – Proverbs 31:8 (ESV)
“Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.”
- “Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.” – Psalm 82:3 (NIV)
“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.”
These verses highlight the importance of valuing and protecting every life, showing compassion to the vulnerable, and seeking justice for all.
