What other scriptures highlight caring for widows and orphans like 1 Chronicles 23:22?

Caring for Widows and Orphans in the Law of Moses

• Exodus 22:22-24 – “You must not mistreat any widow or orphan… I will surely hear their cry.”

• Deuteronomy 10:18 – “He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.”

• Deuteronomy 14:28-29 – The third-year tithe was stored “so that the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow may come and eat and be satisfied.”

• Deuteronomy 24:17-22 – Fields, olive trees, and vineyards were to be left partly unreaped “so that the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow may eat.”

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Wisdom and Poetic Books

• Job 31:16-23 – Job defends his integrity by stressing he never ignored “the widow’s eyes.”

• Psalm 68:5 – “A father of the fatherless, and a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling.”

• Psalm 146:9 – “The LORD… sustains the fatherless and widow, but He frustrates the ways of the wicked.”

• Proverbs 15:25 – “The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.”

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Prophetic Calls to Justice

• Isaiah 1:17 – “Defend the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.”

• Jeremiah 7:6-7 – Blessing is tied to not oppressing “the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.”

• Jeremiah 22:3 – “Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.”

• Zechariah 7:9-10 – “Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless.”

• Malachi 3:5 – The Lord stands as “a swift witness” against those who exploit widows and the fatherless.

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New Testament Practice

• Acts 6:1-7 – The early church appointed seven servants so “the daily distribution” to widows would not be neglected.

• 1 Timothy 5:3-16 – Detailed instructions on honoring, supporting, and qualifying widows for church care.

• James 1:27 – “Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”

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Connecting Back to 1 Chronicles 23:22

In 1 Chronicles 23:22 the Levites ensured care for their “brothers,” marrying their daughters so “their sons” (the widows’ children) would be provided for. The same heartbeat—protecting those without a provider—echoes through each passage above. God consistently reveals His righteousness by commanding His people to uphold, defend, and generously support widows and orphans.