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 perverts the justice due the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
2 Samuel 14:5
And the king said unto her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.
Job 22:9
You have 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 good; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat, they shine: yea, they pass over the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not defend.
Avenge
Luke 18:7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night unto him, though he bears long with them?
Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Will you then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and you shall have praise of 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.