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		<title>Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament -- Book 19. Psalms  18: 2ff (Ps 18:2-4) [NRSV (2021 ed.)]</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. Alternate translations: How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How long will you judge unjustly<br />
<span class="tab">and show partiality to the wicked? <i>Selah</i><br />
Give justice to the weak and the orphan;<br />
<span class="tab">maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.<br />
Rescue the weak and the needy;<br />
<span class="tab">deliver them from the hand of the wicked.</span></span></span></p>
<br><b>The Bible (The Old Testament)</b> (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals) <br>Book 19. <i>Psalms</i>  18: 2ff (Ps 18:2-4) [NRSV (2021 ed.)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+82%3A2-4&version=NRSVUE" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.<br>
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.<br>
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+82%3A2-4&version=KJV">KJV</a> (1611)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>No more mockery of justice, <br>
no more favouring the wicked! <i>Pause</i><br>
Let the weak and the orphan have justice, <br>
be fair to the wretched and destitute;<br>
rescue the weak and needy, <br>
save them from the clutches of the wicked!<br>
[<a href="https://bibledoctrine.us/psalms/#:~:text=No%20more%20mockery,of%20the%20wicked!">JB</a> (1966)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>You must stop judging unjustly;<br>
<span class="tab">you must no longer be partial to the wicked!<br>
Defend the rights of the poor and the orphans;<br>
<span class="tab">be fair to the needy and the helpless.<br>
Rescue them from the power of evil people.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+82%3A2-4&version=GNT">GNT</a> (1976)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How much longer will you give unjust judgements and uphold the prestige of the wicked? <i>Pause</i><br>
Let the weak and the orphan have justice, be fair to the wretched and the destitute. <br>
Rescue the weak and the needy, save them from the clutches of the wicked.<br>
[<a href="https://www.bibliacatolica.com.br/en/new-jerusalem-bible/psalms/82/#:~:text=How%20much%20longer,of%20the%20wicked.">NJB</a> (1985)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How long will you judge unjustly<br>
<span class="tab">by granting favor to the wicked? <i>Selah</i><br>
Give justice to the lowly and the orphan;<br>
<span class="tab">maintain the right of the poor and the destitute!<br>
Rescue the lowly and the needy.<br>
<span class="tab">Deliver them from the power of the wicked!<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+82%3A2-4&version=CEB">CEB</a> (2011)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>How long will you judge perversely,<br>
<span class="tab">showing favor to the wicked? <i>Selah.</i><br>
Judge the wretched and the orphan,<br>
<span class="tab">vindicate the lowly and the poor,<br>
rescue the wretched and the needy;<br>
<span class="tab">save them from the hand of the wicked.<br>
[<a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Psalms.82.2-4?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en">RJPS</a> (2023 ed.)]</blockquote><br>
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		<title>Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament -- Book  5. Deuteronomy 10:17ff (Deut 10:17-19) [tr. JB (1966)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Yahweh your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, triumphant and terrible, never partial, never to be bribed. It is he who sees justice done for the orphan and the widow, who loves the stranger and gives him food and clothing. Love the stranger then, for you were strangers [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For Yahweh your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, triumphant and terrible, never partial, never to be bribed. It is he who sees justice done for the orphan and the widow, who loves the stranger and gives him food and clothing. Love the stranger then, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.</p>
<br><b>The Bible (The Old Testament)</b> (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals) <br>Book  5. <i>Deuteronomy</i> 10:17ff (Deut 10:17-19) [tr. JB (1966)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://bibledoctrine.us/deuteronomy/#:~:text=for%20Yahweh%20your%20God%20is%20God,strangers%20in%20the%20land%20of%20Egypt." target="_blank">Source</a>)
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<blockquote>For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy+10%3A17-19&version=KJV">KJV</a> (1611)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The Lord your God is supreme over all gods and over all powers. He is great and mighty, and he is to be obeyed. He does not show partiality, and he does not accept bribes. He makes sure that orphans and widows are treated fairly; he loves the foreigners who live with our people, and gives them food and clothes. So then, show love for those foreigners, because you were once foreigners in Egypt.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy+10%3A17-19&version=GNT">GNT</a> (1976)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing. You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy+10%3A17-19&version=NRSVUE">NRSV</a> (1989 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For your God יהוה is God supreme and Lord supreme, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who shows no favor and takes no bribe, but upholds the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and befriends the stranger, providing food and clothing. -- You too must befriend the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.<br>
[<a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.10.17-19?lang=en&aliyot=0">RJPS</a> (2006)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy+10%3A17-19&version=NIV">NIV</a> (2011 ed.)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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		<title>Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament -- Book 24. Jeremiah 22: 3 (Jer 22:3) [tr. JB (1966)]</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2019 18:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahweh says this: Practice honesty and integrity; rescue the man who has been wronged from the hands of his oppressor; do not exploit the stranger, the orphan, the widow; do no violence; shed no innocent blood in this place. Alternate translations: Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yahweh says this: Practice honesty and integrity; rescue the man who has been wronged from the hands of his oppressor; do not exploit the stranger, the orphan, the widow; do no violence; shed no innocent blood in this place.</p>
<br><b>The Bible (The Old Testament)</b> (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals) <br>Book 24. <i>Jeremiah</i> 22: 3 (Jer 22:3) [tr. JB (1966)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://bibledoctrine.us/jeremiah/#:~:text=Yahweh%20says%20this%3A%20Practise%20honesty%20and%20integrity%3B%20rescue%20the%20man%20who%20has%20been%20wronged%20from%20the%20hands%20of%20his%20oppressor%3B%20do%20not%20exploit%20the%20stranger%2C%20the%20orphan%2C%20the%20widow%3B%20do%20no%20violence%3B%20shed%20no%20innocent%20blood%20in%20this%20place." target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jeremiah+22%3A3&version=KJV">KJV</a> (1611)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I, the Lord, command you to do what is just and right. Protect the person who is being cheated from the one who is cheating him. Do not mistreat or oppress aliens, orphans, or widows; and do not kill innocent people in this holy place.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jeremiah+22%3A3&version=GNT">GNT</a> (1976)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Yahweh says this: Act uprightly and justly; rescue from the hands of the oppressor anyone who has been wronged, do not exploit or ill-treat the stranger, the orphan, the widow; shed no innocent blood in this place.<br>
[<a href="https://www.bibliacatolica.com.br/en/new-jerusalem-bible/jeremiah/22/#:~:text=Yahweh%20says%20this%3A%20Act%20uprightly%20and%20justly%3B%20rescue%20from%20the%20hands%20of%20the%20oppressor%20anyone%20who%20has%20been%20wronged%2C%20do%20not%20exploit%20or%20ill%2Dtreat%20the%20stranger%2C%20the%20orphan%2C%20the%20widow%3B%20shed%20no%20innocent%20blood%20in%20this%20place.">NJB</a> (1985)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jeremiah+22%3A3&version=NRSVUE">NRSV</a> (1989 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Thus said GOD: Do what is just and right; rescue from the defrauder anyone who is robbed; do not wrong the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow; commit no lawless act, and do not shed the blood of the innocent in this place.<br>
[<a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Jeremiah.22.3?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en">RJPS</a> (2023 ed.)]</blockquote><br>
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		<title>Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament -- Book 38. Zechariah  7: 9ff (Zech 7:9-12) [NRSV (2021 ed.)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. But they refused to listen and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears in order [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="tab">Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.<br />
<span class="tab">But they refused to listen and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears in order not to hear. They made their hearts adamant in order not to hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.</span></span></p>
<br><b>The Bible (The Old Testament)</b> (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals) <br>Book 38. <i>Zechariah</i>  7: 9ff (Zech 7:9-12) [NRSV (2021 ed.)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah+7%3A9-12&version=NRSVUE" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:<br>
<span class="tab">And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.<br>
<span class="tab">But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.<br>
<span class="tab">Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah+7%3A9-12&version=KJV">KJV</a> (1611)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Yahweh Sabaoth says this. He said, "Apply the law fairly, and practice kindness and compassion towards one another. Do not oppress the widow and the orphan, the settler and the poor man, and do not secretly plan evil against one another." But they would not pay attention; they turned a petulant shoulder; they stopped their ears rather than hear; they made their hearts adamant rather than listen to the teaching and the words that Yahweh Sabaoth had sent by his spirit through the prophets in the past. This aroused great anger on the part of of Yahweh Sabaoth overtook them.<br>
[<a href="https://archive.org/details/thejerusalembible1966/page/1534/mode/2up">JB</a> (1966)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">“Long ago I gave these commands to my people: ‘You must see that justice is done, and must show kindness and mercy to one another. Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners who live among you, or anyone else in need. And do not plan ways of harming one another.’<br>
<span class="tab">“But my people stubbornly refused to listen. They closed their minds and made their hearts as hard as rock. Because they would not listen to the teaching which I sent through the prophets who lived long ago, I became very angry."<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah+7%3A9-12&version=GNT">GNT</a> (1976)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">'Yahweh Sabaoth says this. He said, "Apply the law fairly, and show faithful love and compassion towards one another.<br>
<span class="tab">Do not oppress the widow and the orphan, the foreigner and the poor, and do not secretly plan evil against one another."<br>
<span class="tab">But they would not listen; they turned a rebellious shoulder; they stopped their ears rather than hear;<br>
<span class="tab">they made their hearts adamant rather than listen to the teaching and the words that Yahweh Sabaoth had sent -- by his spirit -- through the prophets in the past; and consequently the fury of Yahweh Sabaoth overtook them.<br>
[<a href="https://www.bibliacatolica.com.br/en/new-jerusalem-bible/zechariah/7/#:~:text=%27Yahweh%20Sabaoth%20says,Sabaoth%20overtook%20them.">NJB</a> (1985)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">The Lord of heavenly forces proclaims:<br>
<span class="tab">Make just and faithful decisions; show kindness and compassion to each other! Don’t oppress the widow, the orphan, the stranger, and the poor; don’t plan evil against each other! But they refused to pay attention. They turned a cold shoulder and stopped listening.<br>
<span class="tab">They steeled their hearts against hearing the Instruction and the words that the Lord of heavenly forces sent by his spirit through the earlier prophets. As a result, the Lord of heavenly forces became enraged.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah+7%3A9-12&version=CEB">CEB</a> (2011)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Thus said GOD of Hosts: Execute true justice; deal loyally and compassionately with one another.<br>
<span class="tab">Do not defraud the widow, the orphan, the stranger, and the poor; and do not plot evil against one another. --<br>
<span class="tab">But they refused to pay heed. They presented a balky back and turned a deaf ear.<br>
<span class="tab">They hardened their hearts like adamant against heeding the instruction and admonition that GOD of Hosts sent to them by divine spirit through the earlier prophets; and a terrible wrath issued from GOD of Hosts.<br>
[<a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Zechariah.7.9?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en">RJPS</a> (2023 ed.)]</blockquote><br>
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		<title>Bible, Vol. 2. New Testament -- Book 20. Letter of James  1:27 (Jas 1:27) [NRSV (2021 ed.)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world. [θρησκεία καθαρὰ καὶ ἀμίαντος παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Πατρὶ αὕτη ἐστίν ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ὀρφανοὺς καὶ χήρας ἐν τῇ θλίψει αὐτῶν ἄσπιλον ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου.] (Source [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.</p>
<p>[θρησκεία καθαρὰ καὶ ἀμίαντος παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Πατρὶ αὕτη ἐστίν ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ὀρφανοὺς καὶ χήρας ἐν τῇ θλίψει αὐτῶν ἄσπιλον ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου.]</p>
<br><b>The Bible (The New Testament)</b> (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture<br>Book 20. <i>Letter of James</i>  1:27 (Jas 1:27) [NRSV (2021 ed.)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%20%201%3A27&version=NRSVUE" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://biblehub.com/psb/james/1.htm#:~:text=%CE%B8%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1%20%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%B1%CF%81%E1%BD%B0%20%CE%BA%CE%B1%E1%BD%B6%20%E1%BC%80%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82%20%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%E1%BD%B0%20%CF%84%E1%BF%B7%20%CE%98%CE%B5%E1%BF%B7%20%CE%BA%CE%B1%E1%BD%B6%20%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%E1%BD%B6%20%CE%B1%E1%BD%95%CF%84%CE%B7%20%E1%BC%90%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%90%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%80%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%B9%20%E1%BD%80%CF%81%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%E1%BD%BA%CF%82%20%CE%BA%CE%B1%E1%BD%B6%20%CF%87%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82%20%E1%BC%90%CE%BD%20%CF%84%E1%BF%87%20%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%AF%CF%88%CE%B5%CE%B9%20%CE%B1%E1%BD%90%CF%84%E1%BF%B6%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%84%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%91%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%E1%BD%B8%CE%BD%20%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%B5%E1%BF%96%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%80%CF%80%E1%BD%B8%20%CF%84%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%20%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85">Source (Greek)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>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.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%20%201%3A27&version=KJV">KJV</a> (1611)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Pure, unspoilt religion, in the eyes of God our Father is this: coming to the help of orphans and widows when they need it, and keeping oneself uncontaminated by the world.<br>
[<a href="https://bibledoctrine.us/saint-james/#:~:text=Pure%2C%20unspoilt%20religion%2C%20in%20the%20eyes%20of%20God%20our%20Father%20is%20this%3A%20coming%20to%20the%20help%20of%20orphans%20and%20widows%20when%20they%20need%20it%2C%20and%20keeping%20oneself%20uncontaminated%20by%20the%20world.">JB</a> (1966)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%20%201%3A27&version=GNT">GNT</a> (1976)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Pure, unspoilt religion, in the eyes of God our Father, is this: coming to the help of orphans and widows in their hardships, and keeping oneself uncontaminated by the world.<br>
[<a href="https://www.bibliacatolica.com.br/en/new-jerusalem-bible/james/1/#:~:text=Pure%2C%20unspoilt%20religion%2C%20in%20the%20eyes%20of%20God%20our%20Father%2C%20is%20this%3A%20coming%20to%20the%20help%20of%20orphans%20and%20widows%20in%20their%20hardships%2C%20and%20keeping%20oneself%20uncontaminated%20by%20the%20world.">NJB</a> (1985)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>True devotion, the kind that is pure and faultless before God the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their difficulties and to keep the world from contaminating us.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%20%201%3A27&version=CEB">CEB</a> (2011)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%20%201%3A27&version=NIV">NIV</a> (2011 ed.)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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