Exodus 22:22

The helpless widow, and orphan, not to be oppressed. The widow, the orphan, and the -sojourner," as liable in various ways to suffer from rapacious judges, and hard-hearted moneyed men, are constantly commended to the philanthropic regard of the Israelite in Dt. (Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14; Deuteronomy 24:17; Deuteronomy 24:19-21; Deuteronomy 26:12-13; Exodus 27:19); so in the prophets, Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 22:3; cf. Isaiah 1:17, and elsewhere. Contrast Job's conduct (Job 31:16-17; Job 31:21).