15 Bible Verses About Orphan

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Genesis 21:20KJV

When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.

Deuteronomy 24:19KJV

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Deuteronomy 10:18KJV

And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.

Deuteronomy 16:14KJV

Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:25KJV

And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.

Numbers 27:9KJV

But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

Deuteronomy 15:8KJV

And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

Exodus 22:12KJV

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

Esther 2:7KJV

And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

Deuteronomy 15:13KJV

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

Deuteronomy 24:17KJV

When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Deuteronomy 24:21KJV

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Exodus 22:22KJV

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Exodus 2:10KJV

And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;

Deuteronomy 15:16KJV
These scriptures unveil the profound call of the divine Heart towards the most vulnerable among us. The orphan's plight appears not merely a social concern but a spiritual mandate, a clear touchstone for authentic faith. Genuine religion, as St. James underscores, finds its vital expression not in sentiment alone but in actively visiting the fatherless in their deep affliction. To embrace this sacred duty is to mirror the Father in heaven, who pledges Himself their steadfast protector. Let us therefore receive these divine words, not as abstract counsel, but as a direct, urgent summons to action, a vital discipline for the Christian soul, lest our professed love remain sterile and our piety prove but an empty, hollow sound. The care of the orphan is the very charity Christ demands, the true measure of our devotion to Him.

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