Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
Avenge
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Bible References
A widow
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.
2 Samuel 14:5
And the king said to her, What aileth thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.
Job 22:9
Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Isaiah 1:17
learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Jeremiah 5:28
They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.
Avenge
Luke 18:7
And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them?
Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil one. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise what is good, and thou shalt have praise from it;
General references
2 Kings 8:3
And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines; and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.