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Psalms 82:3

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Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
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  1. James 1:27Rank 1 from verse 3
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    27Pure 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.

  2. Jeremiah 22:3Rank 2 from verse 3
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    3Thus 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.

  3. Psalms 10:18Rank 3 from verse 3
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    18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

  4. Isaiah 1:17Rank 4 from verse 3
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    17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  5. Jeremiah 5:28Rank 5 from verse 3
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    28They 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.

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Psalms 82:3

COMBINED MEANING

defend

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To protect, guard, preserve, or rescue from attack or danger.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

justice

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The virtue which consists in giving to every one what is his due; practical conformity to the laws and to principles of rectitude in the dealings of men with each other; honesty; integrity in commerce or mutual intercourse.

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2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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4Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

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