Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Widows
General references
Bible References
Widows
Job 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Job 29:12
For I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Exodus 22:21
You shall neither vex a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Psalm 94:6
They kill the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Isaiah 1:17
learn to do good; seek judgment, reprove the oppressor. Judge the orphan, plead for the widow.
Isaiah 10:2
to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to steal the right from the poor of My people, that widows may be their prey, and they rob the orphans!
Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have despised father and mother. In your midst they have dealt with the stranger by oppression. In you they oppressed the orphan and the widow.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near you to judgment. And I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who extort from the hired laborer's wages, and turning away the widow, and the orphan, the alien, and not fearing Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.
Luke 18:3
And a widow was in that city. And she came to Him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.
Arms
Psalm 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked and the evil one; seek out his wickedness, until You find none.
Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but Jehovah upholds the righteous.
Ezekiel 30:22
So the Lord Jehovah says this: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong one and the broken one. And I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
General references
Job 33:32
If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.