How many times does orphan appear in the Bible?

Answer 1

In the King James version

the word - orphan - does not appear at all

the word - orphans - appears once

1. Lam 5:3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

John 14:18 (Jesus telling His disciples that He would not leave them Fatherless, but that He would come for them) "I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you."

James 1:27 "Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit (oversee as a bishop) orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world."

Exodus 22:22 The Lord's revelation at Mount Sinai. "You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry; and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless."

Deuteronomy 24:17-21 "You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow's garment as a pledge. But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there, therefore I command you to do this thing. When you reap your harvest in the field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back and get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless and the widow. 21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless and the widow."

Psalm 10:14 A Psalm of confidence in God's triumph over evil. "But you have seen, for You observe trouble and grief, to repay it by your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless."

Psalm 10:17-18 "LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause your ear to hear, To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of earth may oppress no more."

Psalm 68:5 "A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation. God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in dry land." He is concerned for those in need. Let us set our minds on Him and try to be more like him so that we can be used of Him to meet needs we can't even see.

Zechariah 7:10 "Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying, "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Execute true justice, Show mercy and compassion everyone to his brother. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart against his brother.' But they refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear… Thus great wrath came from the LORD of hosts… I scattered them… the land became desolate."

Psalm 146:5-9

"Happy is he… whose hope is in the Lord his God, Who made heaven and earth… Who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry... The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down."

Proverbs 23:10

" Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless; For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you." Warning the evil not to take advantage of the needy.