Bible Verses About Foster Care
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for foster care, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 570 votes, led by Psalms 82:3-4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Foster Care
Psalms 82:3-477 votes
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Mark 9:3774 votes
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.
Psalms 72:449 votes
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Matthew 18:538 votes
And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
2 Corinthians 9:6-835 votes
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
James 1:2729 votes
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.
Isaiah 1:1726 votes
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Mark 10:1425 votes
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.
1 Samuel 1:2724 votes
For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
John 13:3423 votes
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Matthew 25:4019 votes
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.
Psalms 10:1417 votes
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.
Proverbs 22:617 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 31:2017 votes
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
1 Timothy 1:9-1116 votes
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,
Psalms 72:13-1414 votes
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
John 10:11-1513 votes
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Leviticus 19:3312 votes
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Proverbs 31:8-912 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Job 31:1811 votes
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)
Psalms 107:4111 votes
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Jeremiah 22:1611 votes
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.
What does the Bible say about foster care?
Readers most often cite Psalms 82:3-4 on the subject of foster care. Across 570 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 9:37, Psalms 72:4, Matthew 18:5. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.