Here are 30 Bible verses about protecting the innocent:
- Proverbs 31:8-9:
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
- Psalm 82:3-4:
“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
- Isaiah 1:17:
“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.”
- Proverbs 24:11-12:
“Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, ‘But we knew nothing about this,’ does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?”
- James 1:27:
“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.”
- Zechariah 7:9-10:
“This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’”
- Proverbs 19:17:
“Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.”
- Matthew 18:6:
“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”
- Psalm 72:4:
“May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor.”
- Psalm 140:12:
“I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.”
- Psalm 10:17-18:
“You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.”
- Matthew 25:40:
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'”
- Psalm 94:16:
“Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?”
- Psalm 10:14:
“But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.”
- Proverbs 31:9:
“Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
- Deuteronomy 10:18:
“He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.”
- Proverbs 21:15:
“When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.”
- Exodus 22:22-24:
“Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.”
- Psalm 9:9:
“The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.”
- Isaiah 58:6-7:
“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? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?”
- Job 29:12:
“Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.”
- Psalm 10:2:
“In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.”
- Psalm 12:5:
“Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”
- Psalm 82:4:
“Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
- Proverbs 28:27:
“Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.”
- Isaiah 33:15-16:
“Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil— they are the ones who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be the mountain fortress. Their bread will be supplied, and water will not fail them.”
- Psalm 140:1-2:
“Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.”
- Isaiah 1:23:
“Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow’s case does not come before them.”
- Psalm 10:18:
“Defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.”
- Ezekiel 22:29:
“The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.”
May these verses inspire us to defend and protect the innocent, showing compassion and justice as followers of God’s Word.
