bible verse about god being a father to the fatherless?

Answer 1

Since the Bible often mentions “the fatherless boy,” does this indicate less concern for girls?

Definitely not.

The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures uses the phrase “the fatherless boy” in many verses that manifest God’s concern for children who lack a parent. God made this concern clear in the laws he gave to Israel.

For example, God stated: “You people must not afflict any widow or fatherless boy. If you should afflict him at all, then if he cries out to me at all, I shall unfailingly hear his outcry; and my anger will indeed blaze, and I shall certainly kill you with the sword, and your wives must become widows and your sons fatherless boys.” (Exodus 22:22-24) “Jehovah your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the God great, mighty and fear-inspiring, who treats none with partiality nor accepts a bribe, executing judgment for the fatherless boy and the widow.”

Many Bible versions read “fatherless child” or “orphan” in these verses, thus covering boys and girls. However, such renderings ignore a flavor found in the underlying Hebrew word (ya·thohm′)

Even though “fatherless boy” is the principal rendering of ya·thohm′, this should not be taken as suggesting an absence of concern for girls who lack a parent. The passages quoted and others show that God’s people were encouraged to care for females, for widows. In the Law, God also included an account about a judicial decision that guaranteed an inheritance for the fatherless daughters of Zelophehad. That ruling became a statute for handling similar situations, thus upholding the rights of fatherless girls.

Answer 2

Psalm 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Psalm 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

Answer 3

Exodus 22:22 “You people must not afflict any widow or fatherless boy. 23 If you should afflict him at all, then if he cries out to me at all, I shall unfailingly hear his outcry; 24 and my anger will indeed blaze, and I shall certainly kill you with the sword, and your wives must become widows and your sons fatherless boys.
Deut10:17 For Jehovah your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the God great, mighty and fear-inspiring, who treats none with partiality nor accepts a bribe, 18 executing judgment for the fatherless boy and the widow and loving the alien resident so as to give him bread and a mantle. 19 You too must love the alien resident, for you became alien residents in the land of Egypt.
Deut. 14:. 29 And the Levite, because he has no share or inheritance with you, and the alien resident and the fatherless boy and the widow, who are inside your gates, must come, and they must eat and satisfy themselves; in order that Jehovah your God may bless you in every deed of your hand that you will do.

Deut.24:17 “You must not pervert the judgment of the alien resident or of the fatherless boy, and you must not seize the garment of a widow as a pledge. 18 And you must remember that you became a slave in Egypt, and Jehovah your God proceeded to redeem you from there. That is why I am commanding you to do this thing.

19 “In case you reap your harvest in your field, and you have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you must not go back to get it. It should stay for the alien resident, for the fatherless boy and for the widow; in order that Jehovah your God may bless you in every deed of your hand.

20 “In case you beat your olive tree, you must not go over its boughs following up yourself. It should stay for the alien resident, for the fatherless boy and for the widow.

21 “In case you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not gather the leftovers following up yourself. They should stay for the alien resident, for the fatherless boy and for the widow. 22 And you must remember that you became a slave in the land of Egypt. That is why I am commanding you to do this thing.

Ps.10:14 For you yourself have seen trouble and vexation.
You keep looking on, to get [them] into your hand.
To you the unfortunate one, the fatherless boy, commits [himself].
You yourself have become [his] helper.
18 To judge the fatherless boy and the crushed one,
That mortal man who is of the earth may no more cause trembling.
Ps.82: 3 Be judges for the lowly one and the fatherless boy.
To the afflicted one and the one of little means do justice.

These are a few, but there are many many more.
You know looking at all these verses, made me think of this question, Why is it God is so concerned about the fatherless boy?

After a bit of research, i do believe the spiritual symbolism provided by the repeated reference to 'the fatherless boy', is really a reference to those who spiritualy were (are), orphans. Meaning, they had not yet learned the truth about God and His Son Jesus.