Psalms 82:3
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 82
“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”Psalms 82:3
What Does Psalms 82:3 Mean?
Psalms 82:3 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 82, verse 3 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, and Compassion.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Psalms 82:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 31:8“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.”Isaiah 1:17“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”Psalms 68:5“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”Psalms 72:12“For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.”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 10:18“To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.”Jeremiah 22:3“Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.”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.”Deuteronomy 10:18“He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.”Deuteronomy 24:17“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:”Psalms 41:1“Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.”Jeremiah 22:16“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.”2 Samuel 23:3“The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.”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.”Jeremiah 7:6“If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:”Jeremiah 49:11“Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.”Exodus 23:6“Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.”Deuteronomy 1:17“Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.”1 Samuel 7:16“And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.”2 Kings 8:3“And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.”
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