Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Learn {H3925} to do well {H3190}; seek {H1875} judgment {H4941}, relieve {H833} the oppressed {H2541}, judge {H8199} the fatherless {H3490}, plead {H7378} for the widow {H490}.

learn to do good! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, defend orphans, plead for the widow.

Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 22:3 (21 votes)

    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.

  • Micah 6:8 (21 votes)

    He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  • Psalms 82:3 (18 votes)

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

  • Psalms 82:4 (18 votes)

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

  • Proverbs 31:9 (18 votes)

    Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • Isaiah 1:23 (18 votes)

    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.

  • Zechariah 7:9 (15 votes)

    Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: