What does the Bible say about foster care?

22 verses about foster care, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about foster care

Psalms 82:3 — Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. 11 votes
Mark 9:37 — Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. 11 votes
Psalms 72:4 — He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 7 votes
Matthew 18:5 — And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. 6 votes
2 Corinthians 9:6 — But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 5 votes
James 1:27 — Pure 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. 5 votes
1 Samuel 1:27 — For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: 4 votes
Isaiah 1:17 — Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 4 votes
Mark 10:14 — But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. 4 votes
Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 3 votes
Matthew 25:40 — And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 3 votes
John 13:34 — A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 3 votes
Leviticus 19:33 — And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 2 votes
Job 31:18 — (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;) 2 votes
Psalms 10:14 — Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 2 votes
Psalms 72:13 — He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 2 votes
Psalms 107:41 — Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. 2 votes
Proverbs 31:8 — Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 2 votes
Proverbs 31:20 — She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 2 votes
Jeremiah 22:16 — He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well not this to know me? saith the LORD. 2 votes
John 10:11 — I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 2 votes
1 Timothy 1:9 — Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 2 votes

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Psalms (5), Proverbs (3), Matthew (2), Mark (2), John (2), Leviticus (1), 1 Samuel (1), Job (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), 2 Corinthians (1), 1 Timothy (1) and 1 more

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