Quotes about Orphans
She changed the general perception that orphans were damaged goods.
— Lisa Wingate
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
— Isaiah 10:2
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
— Lamentations 5:3
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
— Deuteronomy 24:17
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
— Proverbs 23:10
You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
— Exodus 22:22
If you look at the history of heretics who are condemned, their transgression is normally about issues of authority, priesthood, administration of sacraments, and "Who's got the power?" I cannot think of anyone who was ever burned at the stake for not taking care of the widows and orphans, or for any issues of orthopraxy.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
the father God is attentive to the vulnerable and unproductive, a theological claim that is reflected in the Torah provision for widows, orphans, and immigrants. Ancient Israel is to care for and protect precisely those God is attentive to.
— Walter Brueggemann
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. JAMES 1:27
— Francine Rivers
There are orphans that can be cared for; but this some will not venture to undertake, for it brings them work more than they care to do, leaving them but little time to please themselves.
— Ellen White
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
— Job 22:9
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
— Job 24:9