Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Bible References

Your wives

Job 27:13
“This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.
Psalm 78:63
Fire devoured His young men,
And His virgins had no wedding songs.
Psalm 109:9
Let his children be fatherless
And his wife a widow.
Jeremiah 15:8
“Their widows will be more numerous before Me
Than the sand of the seas;
I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,
A destroyer at noonday;
I will suddenly bring down on her
Anguish and dismay.
Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, give their children over to famine
And deliver them up to the power of the sword;
And let their wives become childless and widowed.
Let their men also be smitten to death,
Their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
Lamentations 5:3
We have become orphans without a father,
Our mothers are like widows.
Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

General references

Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien, orphan, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Psalm 109:9
Let his children be fatherless
And his wife a widow.
Proverbs 23:11
For their Redeemer is strong;
He will plead their case against you.
Lamentations 5:3
We have become orphans without a father,
Our mothers are like widows.