The word in Scripture

Fatherless in the Bible

The word fatherless appears 43 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The fatherless are those without a father, whom God upholds as their defender. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What fatherless means in the Bible

The fatherless are those without a father, whom God upholds as their defender.

Where the word fatherless appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word fatherless appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.”Exodus 22:24

“He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.”Deuteronomy 10:18

“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:”Deuteronomy 24:17

“Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.”Psalms 109:12

“The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”Psalms 146:9

“Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:”Proverbs 23:10

“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”Isaiah 1:17

“To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!”Isaiah 10:2