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 donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, 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 not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 27:19
'Cursed is he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Psalm 94:6
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."
Isaiah 10:2
to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Ezekiel 22:7
In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Malachi 3:5
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Armies.
Luke 18:3
A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'
Arms
Psalm 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.
Ezekiel 30:22
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong [arm], and that which was broken; 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.