Thematic Bible: As widows


Thematic Bible



Then Naomi's husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons. Verse ConceptsWidows

As he approached the entrance to the city, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her. Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

Now there happened to be a certain woman who had been the wife of a member of the Guild of Prophets. She cried out to Elisha, "My husband who served you has died, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. But a creditor has come to take away my children into indentured servitude!" Verse ConceptsCreditLonelinessPoverty, Causes OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRiches, Believers AttitudesSchool Of ProphetsServanthood, In SocietySlavery, In OtSuffering, HardshipOppression, Examples OfCreditorsFear Of God, Examples OfDebtorsWidowsSons Of The ProphetsTwo SonsActual WidowsslaveryGodly WomanDebtSchoolBeing A Woman Of GodLeaving Parents For Spouse

So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him upstairs. All the widows gathered around Peter, crying and showing him all the shirts and coats Dorcas had made while she was still with them. Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood


"Get up, move to Zarephath in Sidon, and stay there. Look! I've commanded a widow to sustain you there." Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalMission, Of IsraelWork, Divine And HumanDivine DirectionWidows


Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a cent. Verse ConceptsCoinageGenerous Giving ExamplesCoinsWidowsActual WidowsMoney For The TempleGiving Money To The ChurchThe poorWorthValue

In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, "Grant me justice against my adversary.' Verse ConceptsWidowsSaying RepeatedlyRevengeProtection From Enemiesvindication

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