10 Bible Verses About Defending the Weak

Open your mouth for those who have no voice, for the cause of all who are left to perish. Speak out and judge rightly; take up the case of the poor and the needy.”

Learn to do good. Go after justice. Set the oppressor straight. Give the fatherless child a fair hearing; stand up for the widow in court.

May he defend the poor among the people and bring rescue to needy families; may he break the oppressor in pieces.

The LORD says this: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue anyone who has been robbed from the power of the oppressor. Do not mistreat the outsider, the orphan or the widow, do not use violence against them, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Bring the weak and the poor to safety; snatch them from the grip of the wicked.

Rescue those being dragged off to death; hold back those who are stumbling toward slaughter. If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not the one who weighs hearts see the truth? The one who watches over your life knows it well, and he will repay each person for what they have done.

Your leaders are in revolt and keep company with thieves. All of them love a bribe and go hunting for payoffs. The fatherless get no justice from them; the widow’s lawsuit is never heard in their court.

‘Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the outsider, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

How blessed are those who care about the weak! When trouble comes, the LORD will rescue them.