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 the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.
Psalm 78:63
Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.
Psalm 109:9
May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!
Jeremiah 15:8
Their widows will become in my sight more numerous than the grains of sand on the seashores. At noontime I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men. I will cause anguish and terror to fall suddenly upon them.
Jeremiah 18:21
So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
Lamentations 5:3
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.
Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive."

General references

Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
Psalm 109:9
May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!
Proverbs 23:11
for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.
Lamentations 5:3
We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.

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