Thematic Bible: Widow's
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Mite (a lepta) » Widow's
Then he saw a destitute widow drop in two small copper coins.
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Widow's » Should be » Allowed to share in our blessings
so the descendants of Levi who have no tribal allotment as you do foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities may come, eat, and be satisfied. That way, the LORD your God shall bless you in everything you do."
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Rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God with your son, daughter, male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi who is in your city, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow among you, at the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.
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"When you are reaping in the field, and you overlook a sheaf, don't return to get it. Let it remain for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless everything you undertake. When you harvest the olives from your trees, don't go back to the branches a second time. What remains is for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow. When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, don't go back a second time. What remains are for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.
Widow's » Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands
so he sent messengers to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, "Please play the role of a mourner, wear the clothes of a mourner, and refrain from using makeup. Act like a woman who's been in mourning for the dead for many days.
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So she took off her mourning apparel, covered herself with a shawl, and concealed her outward appearance. Then she went out and sat at the entrance of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah, because she knew that even though Shelah had grown up, she wasn't being given to him as his wife.
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"Your signet ring, cord, and the staff in your hand," she suggested. So he gave them to her, had sex with her, and she became pregnant by him. Then she got up and left. Later, she took off her shawl and put on her mourning clothes.
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The king asked her, "What's your problem?"
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Widow's » Increase of, threatened as a punishment
I'll make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. At noontime I'll send a destroyer against the mother of a young man. I'll cause terror and anguish to come to her unexpectedly.
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And I'll be angry and will kill you with swords, and your wives will become widows and your children orphans.
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Therefore, make their children undergo famine, and deliver them over to death in time of war. May their women be childless widows! May their men be slaughtered! May their young men be slain by the sword in battle!
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Widow's » Character of true
She must be well known for her good actions as a woman who has raised children, welcomed strangers, washed the saints' feet, helped the suffering, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.
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and then as a widow for 84 years. She never left the Temple, but continued to worship there night and day with times of fasting and prayer.
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A woman who has no other family members to care for her and who is left all alone has placed her hope in God and devotes herself to petitions and prayers night and day.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » To have a share of the triennial tithe
Every third year, bring all the tithes of your produce of that year and store it in your cities
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"When you have finished your harvest, reserve the tithe in the third year (the year of the tithe), and give the entire tithe to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows, so they may eat and be satisfied in your cities. Then declare in the presence of the LORD your God:
Widow's » Laws respecting » To share in public rejoicings
Rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God with your son, daughter, male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi who is in your city, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow among you, at the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.
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Rejoice in your festival you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi, and foreigners, orphans, and widows, who live in your cities.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » Not to be oppressed
""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
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"You are not to mistreat any widow or orphan.
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Widow's » Instances of great liberality in
"Get up, move to Zarephath in Sidon, and stay there. Look! I've commanded a widow to sustain you there." So he got up and went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the entrance to the city, a widow was there gathering sticks. So he asked her, "Please, may I have some water in a cup so I can have a drink." While she was on her way to get the water, he called out to her, "Would you please also bring me a piece of bread while you're at it?" read more.
"As the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have so much as a muffin, just a handful of flour in a bowl and some oil left in a bottle. Now I'm going to find some sticks so I can cook a last meal for my son and for me. Then we're going to eat it and die." But Elijah told her, "You can stop being afraid. Go and do what you said, but first make me a muffin and bring it to me. Then make a meal for yourself and for your son, because this is what the LORD God of Israel says: "That jar of flour will not run out, nor will that bottle of oil become empty until the very day that the LORD sends rain on the surface of the ground.'" So she went out and did precisely what Elijah told her to do. As a result, Elijah, the widow, and her son were fed for days.
"As the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have so much as a muffin, just a handful of flour in a bowl and some oil left in a bottle. Now I'm going to find some sticks so I can cook a last meal for my son and for me. Then we're going to eat it and die." But Elijah told her, "You can stop being afraid. Go and do what you said, but first make me a muffin and bring it to me. Then make a meal for yourself and for your son, because this is what the LORD God of Israel says: "That jar of flour will not run out, nor will that bottle of oil become empty until the very day that the LORD sends rain on the surface of the ground.'" So she went out and did precisely what Elijah told her to do. As a result, Elijah, the widow, and her son were fed for days.
Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a cent. He called his disciples and told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than everyone who is contributing to the offering box,
Widow's » Should be » Relieved by their friends
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God's sight.
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If any woman is a believer and has relatives who are widows, she should help them. The church should not be burdened, so it can help those widows who have no other family members to care for them.
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Widow's » God » Judges for
He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing."
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A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.
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Widow's » Were under the special protection of God
He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing."
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A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.
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Widow's » Should not be » Oppressed
and if you don't oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, and don't shed an innocent person's blood in this place, and if you don't follow other gods to your own harm,
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You are not to wrong the widow, orphans, the foreigner, or the poor, and you are not to plan evil against each other.
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Widow's » The wicked » Make a prey of
to deprive the needy of justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rights, so that widows may become their spoil and so that they may plunder orphans!
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"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation!
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Widow's » Often devoted themselves entirely to God's service
She must be well known for her good actions as a woman who has raised children, welcomed strangers, washed the saints' feet, helped the suffering, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.
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and then as a widow for 84 years. She never left the Temple, but continued to worship there night and day with times of fasting and prayer.
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Widow's » Should be » Relieved by the church
In those days, as the number of the disciples was growing larger and larger, a complaint was made by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.
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A widow may be put on the widows' list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband.
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Widow's » Specially taken care of by the primitive church
In those days, as the number of the disciples was growing larger and larger, a complaint was made by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.
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A widow may be put on the widows' list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband.
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Widow's » Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity
Those who do survive him disease will bury, and his widow won't even weep.
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The priests fell by the sword, yet their widows couldn't weep.
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Widow's » Were frequently oppressed and persecuted
They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan;
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They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin
"When two brothers are living together and one of them dies without leaving a son, his widow must not be married outside the family to a foreigner. Instead, the brother-in-law must go to her, take her as his wife, and by doing so perform the duty of a brother-in-law. The firstborn whom she will bear will continue the name of the dead brother, so his name will not be erased from Israel.
Widow's » Laws respecting » Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors
"Don't deny justice to a foreigner or to an orphan, nor take a widow's garment as collateral for a loan.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards
"When you are reaping in the field, and you overlook a sheaf, don't return to get it. Let it remain for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless everything you undertake.
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Widow's » Should not be » Deprived of raiment in pledge
"Don't deny justice to a foreigner or to an orphan, nor take a widow's garment as collateral for a loan.
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Widow's » When young, exposed to may temptations
But do not include younger widows on your list. For whenever their natural desires cause them to lose their devotion to the Messiah, they want to remarry. They receive condemnation because they have set aside their prior commitment to the Messiah. At the same time, they also learn how to be lazy while going from house to house. Not only this, but they even become gossips and keep busy by interfering in other people's lives, saying things they should not say. read more.
Therefore, I want younger widows to remarry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.
Therefore, I want younger widows to remarry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.
Widow's » Curse for perverting judgment of
""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
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Widow's » Blessings on those who relieve
so the descendants of Levi who have no tribal allotment as you do foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities may come, eat, and be satisfied. That way, the LORD your God shall bless you in everything you do."
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Widow's » Illustrative of » Zion in captivity
How lonely she lies, the city that thronged with people! Like a widow she has become, this great one among nations! The princess among provinces has become a vassal.
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Widow's » A type of zion in affliction
We are now orphans without fathers and our mothers are like widows.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » When daughters of priests and childless, to partake of the holy things
If the priest's daughter is a widow, or is divorced and childless, so that she has to return to her father's house as in her younger days, she may eat her father's food, but no resident alien may eat it.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » Not to intermarry with priests
He is not to marry a widow or one who has been divorced, has been defiled, or has been a prostitute. Instead, he is to take a virgin from among his people as his wife.
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Widow's » Intermarrying with, of kings considered treason
So she asked him, "Give Abishag the Shunammite to your brother Adonijah as a wife." But King Solomon replied to his mother, "Why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Why not ask me to give up the kingdom for him, since he's my older brother, and why not ask for Abiathar the priest, and for Zeruiah's son Joab?" Then King Solomon took this oath in the name of the LORD: "May God do so to me, and more besides, if Adonijah hasn't endangered his life by bringing up this subject. read more.
Now therefore, as the LORD lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of my father David, and who has established a dynasty, just like he promised, Adonijah will surely be executed today."
Now therefore, as the LORD lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of my father David, and who has established a dynasty, just like he promised, Adonijah will surely be executed today."
Widow's » God » Establishes the border of
The house of the proud the LORD will demolish, but he will protect the widow's boundary line.
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Widow's » Exhorted to trust in God
Leave your orphans. I'll keep them alive. Let your widows trust in me."
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Widow's » Illustrative of » A desolate condition
"Now hear this, you wanton creature, lounging with no cares, and saying to herself: "I am the one, and there will be none besides me; I won't live as a widow, nor will I see the loss of children.' Both of these things will overtake you suddenly on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, despite the multitude of your incantations and the great power of your spells."
Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
This is what the LORD says: "Uphold justice and righteousness. Deliver from their oppressor those who have been robbed. Don't mistreat or do violence to the alien, the orphan, or the widow, or shed the blood of innocent people in this place.
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Widow's » Should be » Honored, if widows indeed
Honor widows who have no other family members to care for them.
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Widow's » Though poor, may be liberal
Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a cent. He called his disciples and told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than everyone who is contributing to the offering box,
Widow's » Woe to those who oppress
"How terrible it will be for the one who enacts unjust decrees, for those who write oppressive laws that they have prescribed to deprive the needy of justice and to rob the poor of my people of their rights, so that widows may become their spoil and so that they may plunder orphans!
Widow's » Laws respecting » Bound to perform their vows
"Everything that a widow or a divorced woman pledges herself to fulfill are to be binding on her.
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Widow's » Should not be » Afflicted
"You are not to mistreat any widow or orphan.
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Widow's » The wicked » Vex
They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.
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Widow's » God » Surely hears the cry of
If you do mistreat them, they'll certainly cry out to me, and I'll immediately hear their cry.
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Widow's » The wicked » Reject the cause of
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court."
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Widow's » Should be » Pleaded for
Learn to practice what is good; seek justice, alleviate oppression, defend orphans in court, and plead the widow's case.
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Widow's » God » Will witness against oppressors of
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
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Widow's » God » Relieves
The LORD stands guard over the stranger; he supports both widows and orphans, but makes the path of the wicked slippery.
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Widow's » Reproach connected with
"Don't be afraid, because you won't be ashamed; don't fear shame, for you won't be humiliated because you will forget the disgrace of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
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Widow's » The wicked » Slay
The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.
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Widow's » Should be » Visited in affliction
A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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Widow's » Were released from all obligation to former husbands
So while her husband is living, she will be called an adulterer if she lives with another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from this Law, so that she is not an adulterer if she marries another man.
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Widow's » Allowed to marry again
So while her husband is living, she will be called an adulterer if she lives with another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from this Law, so that she is not an adulterer if she marries another man.
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Widow's » The wicked » Do no good to
"They prey on the barren woman, and do no favors for widows.
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Widow's » Saints » Disappoint not
"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,
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Widow's » Saints » Cause joy to
Those who were about to die blessed me, and I made widows sing for joy.
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Widow's » Saints » Relieve
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.
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Widow's » The wicked » Take pledges from
They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan;
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Widow's » The wicked » Send, away empty
You sent away widows empty-handed, and broke the outstretched arms of orphans.
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Related Topics
- Absent Fathers
- Actual Widows
- Aliens
- Aliens, God's Attitude
- Bereaved, Care For
- Exploitations
- Foreigners
- God Caring For Orphans
- Immigrants
- Loving Foreigners
- Not Helping Widows
- Oppressing Foreigners
- Oppression, God's Attitude To
- Oppression, Nature Of
- Orphans
- People Helping Orphans
- Poverty, Attitudes Towards
- Rights
- Social Justice
- Strangers
- Widows
- Widows, Should Be
- Widows, Should Not Be
- Ethics, social