Acts 6:1
Now in these days, [as] the disciples were increasing [in number], a complaint arose by the {Greek-speaking Jews} against the {Hebraic Jews} because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution [of food].
Acts 4:35
and placing [them] at the feet of the apostles. And it was being distributed to each as anyone had need.
Acts 2:41
So those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.
Acts 2:47
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding every day to the total [of] those who were being saved.
Acts 6:7
And the word of God kept spreading, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was increasing greatly, and a large number of priests began obeying the faith.
Acts 9:29
And he was speaking and debating with the {Greek-speaking Jews}, but they were trying to do away with him.
Acts 9:39
So Peter got up [and] accompanied them. [When he] arrived, they brought [him] up to the upstairs room, and all the widows came to him, weeping and showing [him] tunics and [other] clothing that Dorcas used to make [while she] was with them.
Acts 9:41
And he gave her [his] hand [and] raised her up. And he called the saints and the widows [and] presented her alive.
Acts 4:4
But many of those who listened to the message believed, and the number of the men was approximately five thousand.
Acts 5:14
And even more believers in the Lord were being added, large numbers of both men and women,
Acts 11:20
But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, [when they] came to Antioch, began to speak to the Hellenists also, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? I [am] also! Are they Israelites? I [am] also! Are they descendants of Abraham? I [am] also!
Philippians 3:5
{circumcised on the eighth day}, from the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew [born] from Hebrews, according to the law a Pharisee,
Deuteronomy 24:19-21
"When you reap your harvest in your field and you forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not return to get it, for it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
Deuteronomy 26:12
"When you are finished {giving a tithe}, all of the tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, then you shall give to the Levite, to the alien, to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and they may be satisfied.
Job 29:13
[The] blessing of [the] wretched came upon me, and I caused [the] widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 31:16
"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,
Psalm 72:16
May there be an abundance of grain in the land [even] on [the] top of [the] mountains. May his crop sway like the [trees of] Lebanon, and may [those] from [the] city blossom like the grass of the earth.
Psalm 110:3
Your people {will volunteer} in the day of your power. In holy splendor, from [the] womb of [the] dawn, you will have the dew of your youth.
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good! Seek justice! Rescue [the] oppressed! Defend [the] orphan! Plead for [the] widow!
Isaiah 27:6
{Days are coming}, let Jacob take root; Israel will blossom and send out shoots, and they will fill [the] face of [the] world [with] fruit.
Jeremiah 30:19
And thanksgiving and [the] sound of merrymakers will come out from them, and I will make them numerous, and they will not be few. And I will make them honored, and they will not be lowly.
Ezekiel 22:7
They have treated father and mother with contempt in you; {they violated} the alien with extortion; in the midst of you they mistreated [the] orphan and widow.
Malachi 3:5
"Then I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear {falsely}, and against the oppressors of [the] hired worker [with his] wages, [the] widow and [the] orphan, and {the abusers of} [the] alien, and [yet] do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.
Matthew 23:13
"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you shut the kingdom of heaven before people! For you do not enter, nor permit those wanting to go in to enter.
Acts 2:45
And they began selling [their] possessions and property, and distributing these [things] to all, to the degree that anyone had need.
Acts 5:28
saying, "{We strictly commanded} you not to teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching! And you are intending to bring upon us the blood of this man!"
1 Corinthians 10:10
nor grumble, just as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
1 Timothy 5:4-5
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
1 Timothy 5:9
Let a widow be put on the list [if she] is not less than sixty years [old], the wife of one husband,
Hebrews 13:1
Brotherly love must continue.
James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.
James 4:5
Or do you think that in vain the scripture says, "The spirit which he caused to dwell in us desires jealously"?
James 5:9
Brothers, do not complain against one another, in order that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors!