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 wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
2 Samuel 14:5
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
Job 22:9
Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 29:13
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Isaiah 1:17
learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Avenge
Luke 18:7
And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?
Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same:
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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 unto the king for her house and for her land.