Psalms 68:5
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 68
“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”Psalms 68:5
What Does Psalms 68:5 Mean?
Psalms 68:5 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 68, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Care for the Poor.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Psalms 68:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
James 1:27“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”Psalms 10:14“Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.”Jeremiah 49:11“Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.”Deuteronomy 10:18“He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.”Psalms 82:3“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”Psalms 146:9“The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”Psalms 72:4“He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.”Jeremiah 5:28“They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.”Luke 18:2“Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:”Isaiah 1:23“Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.”Isaiah 57:15“For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”Hosea 14:3“Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.”Psalms 10:18“To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.”Psalms 109:31“For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.”Proverbs 15:25“The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.”Zechariah 2:13“Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.”2 Chronicles 6:2“But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.”2 Chronicles 30:27“Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.”Job 29:12“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.”Job 29:16“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
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