Psalm 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Cross-references
Psalm 147:6 also pairs sustaining the oppressed with casting down the wicked — directly mirrors the promise here.
Psalm 145:20 echoes the same twofold pattern: God watches over the faithful but destroys the wicked — a strong thematic parallel.
Psalm 68:5 echoes the same image: God as father to the fatherless and defender of widows, reinforcing His care for the vulnerable.
Psalm 10:14 calls God the helper of the fatherless — directly paralleling His sustaining the fatherless and widow in Psalm 146:9.
James 1:27 calls believers to look after orphans and widows—applying the OT duty of care for the vulnerable to NT practice.
Deuteronomy 10:18 lists the same trio—fatherless, widow, foreigner—and declares God defends their cause and provides for them.
Malachi 3:5 lists God judging those who oppress widows, fatherless, and foreigners—the flip side of God watching over them in Psalm 146:9.
Jeremiah 49:11 has God directly promising to keep orphans alive and let widows depend on Him—identical care for the fatherless and widows.
Proverbs 15:25 contrasts God tearing down the proud with setting the widow's boundary—matching the pattern of protecting vulnerable and opposing wicked.
Job 5:12-13 says God 'frustrates the plans of the crafty' — an exact parallel to the phrase in Psalm 146:9.
Esther 9:25 explicitly states the wicked scheme 'returned upon his own head' — a clear example of God frustrating the wicked.
Esther 7:10 describes Haman hanged on his own gallows — the direct fulfillment of the wicked's ways being frustrated.
1 Timothy 5:3 commands honoring widows — a direct NT application of the priority on widows seen in Psalm 146:9.
Esther 5:14 depicts Haman's wicked plot to hang Mordecai — the scheme that God will later frustrate, showing the threat before the reversal.
1 Corinthians 3:19 echoes God catching the wise in their craftiness — parallel to frustrating the ways of the wicked in Psalm 146:9.
Deuteronomy 16:11 includes foreigners, fatherless, and widows in festival rejoicing—showing they are part of God's community.
Deuteronomy 10:19 commands Israel to love foreigners because they were once foreigners—a human response to God's care shown in Psalm 146:9.