Ben Sira 4:10

10 Be like a father to orphans, and provide widows with the help their husbands can no longer give them. Then you will be like a child of the Most High, and he will love you more than your own mother does.

Ben Sira 4:10 In-Context

8 Listen to what the poor have to say, and answer them politely.

9 Protect people from those who want to wrong them, and be firm in your judgments.

10 Be like a father to orphans, and provide widows with the help their husbands can no longer give them. Then you will be like a child of the Most High, and he will love you more than your own mother does.

11 Wisdom takes care of those who look for her; she raises them to greatness.

12 Loving her is loving life itself; rising early to look for her is pure joy.