Thematic Bible: Widow's
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Mite (a lepta) » Widow's
and he saw a certain poor widow putting in there two small copper coins.
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Widow's » Should be » Allowed to share in our blessings
And [so] the Levite may come, because there is no plot of ground for him or an inheritance with you, and the alien [also may come] and the orphan and the widow that [are] in your {towns}, and {they may eat their fill}, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all [of] the work of your hand that you undertake."
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And you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you and your son and your daughter and your slave and your slave woman and the Levite that [is] in your {towns} and the alien and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst in the place that Yahweh your God will choose to let his name dwell there.
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"When you reap your harvest in your field and you forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not return to get it, for it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat off the fruit of your olive trees you shall not search through the branches afterward, for it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. When you harvest [grapes], you shall not glean your vineyards {again}; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow.
Widow's » Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands
So Joab sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman, and he said to her, "Please pretend to mourn and put on garments of mourning. You should not anoint yourself [with] oil, and you must act like this woman who has been mourning over the dead for {a long time}.
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So she removed the clothes of her widowhood and covered [herself] with the veil and disguised herself. And she sat at the entrance to Eynayim, which [is] on the way to Timnah, for she saw that Shelah was grown but she had not been given to him as a wife.
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And she arose and left, and she removed her veil from herself and put on the garments of her widowhood.
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Then the king asked her, "{What do you want}?" And she said, "Truly I [am] a widow, and my husband [is] dead.
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Widow's » Increase of, threatened as a punishment
Their widows will be more numerous before me than [the] sand of [the] seas. I have brought to them, against [the] mothers of young men, a destroyer at noon. I will suddenly drop on her anguish and horror.
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And {I will become angry}, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children orphans.
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{Therefore} give their children to the famine, and hand them over to [the] {power} of [the] sword, and let their wives be bereaved and widows, and let their men be killed by death, their young men struck dead [by the] sword in the battle.
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Widow's » Character of true
being well-attested by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped those who are oppressed, if she has devoted herself to every good work.
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and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.
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But the widow [who is one] truly, and is left alone, has put her hope in God and continues in her petitions and prayers night and day.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » To have a share of the triennial tithe
"At the end of three years you shall bring out all [of] the tithe of your yield for that year, and you shall store [it] in your {towns}.
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"When you are finished {giving a tithe}, all of the tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, then you shall give to the Levite, to the alien, to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and they may be satisfied. And you shall say {before} Yahweh your God, 'I have removed the sacred portion from the house and, moreover, I have given it to the Levite and to the alien and to the orphan and to the widow according to all your commandment that you commanded me; I have not transgressed any of your commandments, and I have not forgotten [any of them].
Widow's » Laws respecting » To share in public rejoicings
And you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you and your son and your daughter and your slave and your slave woman and the Levite that [is] in your {towns} and the alien and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst in the place that Yahweh your God will choose to let his name dwell there.
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and you shall rejoice at your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your slave and your slave woman and the Levite and the orphan and the widow that [are] in your {towns}.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » Not to be oppressed
'Cursed be the one who deprives [the] alien, [the] orphan, and [the] widow of justice.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
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" 'You will not afflict any widow or orphan.
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Widow's » Instances of great liberality in
"Get up and go to Zarephath which belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman there, a widow, to sustain you." So he arose and went to Zarephath and came to the gate of the city. There [was] a widow woman gathering wood, so he called to her, and he said, "Please bring a little water for me in a vessel so that I can drink." She went to fetch [it], and he called to her and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand." read more.
She said, "{As Yahweh your God lives}, surely I do not have a cake, {but only a handful of flour} in the jar and a little olive oil in the jug. Here I [am] gathering a few pieces of wood, and I will go and prepare it for me and my son, that we might eat it and die." Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do according to your word; only make for me a small bread cake from it first, and bring it out to me. Make it for yourself and for your son afterward. For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: 'The jar of flour will not be emptied and the jug of olive oil will not run out until the day Yahweh gives rain on the surface of the earth.'" So she went and did according to the word of Elijah; then [both] she and he ate with her household for many days.
She said, "{As Yahweh your God lives}, surely I do not have a cake, {but only a handful of flour} in the jar and a little olive oil in the jug. Here I [am] gathering a few pieces of wood, and I will go and prepare it for me and my son, that we might eat it and die." Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do according to your word; only make for me a small bread cake from it first, and bring it out to me. Make it for yourself and for your son afterward. For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: 'The jar of flour will not be emptied and the jug of olive oil will not run out until the day Yahweh gives rain on the surface of the earth.'" So she went and did according to the word of Elijah; then [both] she and he ate with her household for many days.
And one poor widow came [and] put in two small copper coins (that is, a penny). And summoning his disciples, he said to them, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all those who put [offerings] into the contribution box.
Widow's » Should be » Relieved by their friends
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
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If any believing woman has widows, she must help them, and the church must not be burdened, in order that it may help those [who are] truly widows.
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Widow's » God » Judges for
[And he] executes justice for the orphan and widow, and [he is] one who loves [the] alien, to give to them food and clothing.
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A father to orphans and a judge for widows [is] God in his holy habitation.
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Widow's » Were under the special protection of God
[And he] executes justice for the orphan and widow, and [he is] one who loves [the] alien, to give to them food and clothing.
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A father to orphans and a judge for widows [is] God in his holy habitation.
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Widow's » Should not be » Oppressed
you do not oppress [the] alien, [the] orphan, and [the] widow, you do not shed innocent blood in this place, and you do not go after other gods {to your harm},
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You must not oppress [the] widow, [the] orphan, [the] foreigner, and [the] needy. You must not devise evil in your heart {against one another}.'
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Widow's » The wicked » Make a prey of
to guide [the] needy away from legal claims, and to rob the justice from the poor of my people, to make widows their spoil; and they plunder orphans.
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Widow's » Often devoted themselves entirely to God's service
being well-attested by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped those who are oppressed, if she has devoted herself to every good work.
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and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.
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Widow's » Should be » Relieved by the church
Now in these days, [as] the disciples were increasing [in number], a complaint arose by the {Greek-speaking Jews} against the {Hebraic Jews} because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution [of food].
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Let a widow be put on the list [if she] is not less than sixty years [old], the wife of one husband,
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Widow's » Specially taken care of by the primitive church
Now in these days, [as] the disciples were increasing [in number], a complaint arose by the {Greek-speaking Jews} against the {Hebraic Jews} because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution [of food].
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Let a widow be put on the list [if she] is not less than sixty years [old], the wife of one husband,
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Widow's » Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity
Their survivors are buried through the plague, and their widows do not weep.
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His priests fell by the sword, and his widows did not weep.
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Widow's » Were frequently oppressed and persecuted
They drive away [the] donkey of orphans; they take [the] widow's ox as a pledge.
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They have treated father and mother with contempt in you; {they violated} the alien with extortion; in the midst of you they mistreated [the] orphan and widow.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin
"When brothers dwell together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not become the wife of a {man of another family}; her brother-in-law {shall have sex with her}, and he shall take her {to himself} as wife, and he shall perform his duty as brother-in-law [with respect to] her. And then the firstborn that she bears {shall represent his dead brother}, so that his name is not blotted out from Israel.
Widow's » Laws respecting » Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors
You shall not subvert the rights of an alien [or] an orphan, and you shall not take as pledge [the] garment of a widow.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards
"When you reap your harvest in your field and you forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not return to get it, for it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
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Widow's » Should not be » Deprived of raiment in pledge
You shall not subvert the rights of an alien [or] an orphan, and you shall not take as pledge [the] garment of a widow.
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Widow's » When young, exposed to may temptations
But refuse younger widows, for whenever their physical desires lead them away from Christ, they want to marry, [thus] incurring condemnation because they have broken their former pledge. And at the same time also, going around from house to house, they learn [to be] idle, and not only idle, but also gossipy and busybodies, saying the things [that are] not necessary. read more.
Therefore I want younger [widows] to marry, to bear children, to manage a household, to give the adversary no opportunity for reproach.
Therefore I want younger [widows] to marry, to bear children, to manage a household, to give the adversary no opportunity for reproach.
Widow's » Curse for perverting judgment of
'Cursed be the one who deprives [the] alien, [the] orphan, and [the] widow of justice.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
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Widow's » Blessings on those who relieve
And [so] the Levite may come, because there is no plot of ground for him or an inheritance with you, and the alien [also may come] and the orphan and the widow that [are] in your {towns}, and {they may eat their fill}, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all [of] the work of your hand that you undertake."
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Widow's » Illustrative of » Zion in captivity
How desolate the city sits [that] was full of people! She has become like a widow, [once] great among the nations! Like a woman of nobility in the provinces, she has become a forced laborer.
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Widow's » A type of zion in affliction
We have become orphans, fatherless, 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
But a priest's daughter, when she becomes a widow or divorced or there is no offspring for her, and she returns to her father's house as [in] her childhood, she may eat from her father's food, but {no layman may eat it}.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » Not to intermarry with priests
A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled [woman], a prostitute--these he must not take; he shall take only a virgin from his people [as] wife.
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Widow's » Intermarrying with, of kings considered treason
Then she said, "Let Abishag the Shunnamite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife." King Solomon answered and said to his mother, "Why are you asking Abishag the Shunnamite for Adonijah? Ask for him also the kingdom, for he is my brother, older than I; and [ask] for him also Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah." Then King Solomon swore by Yahweh, saying, "Thus may God do to me and thus may he add, if Adonijah hasn't spoken this thing at the expense of his life. read more.
So then, {as Yahweh lives}, who has established me and seated me on the throne of my father David and who has established for me a dynasty as he promised, then surely Adonijah will be put to death today."
So then, {as Yahweh lives}, who has established me and seated me on the throne of my father David and who has established for me a dynasty as he promised, then surely Adonijah will be put to death today."
Widow's » God » Establishes the border of
The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear [it] down, but he will maintain the {property line} of the widow.
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Widow's » Exhorted to trust in God
Leave your orphans. I will let [them] live. And your widows, let them trust in me."
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Widow's » Illustrative of » A desolate condition
Therefore now hear this, luxuriant [one] who sits in security, who says in her heart, "I [am], and besides me [there is] no one. I shall not sit [as] a widow, and I shall not know [the] loss of children." And these two shall come to you [in] a moment, in one day: [the] loss of children and widowhood shall come on you {completely}, in spite of your many sorceries, in spite of the power of your great enchantments.
Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
Thus says Yahweh, "Act [with] justice and righteousness, and deliver [the] one who has been seized from the hand of [the] oppressor. And you must not oppress [the] immigrant, [the] orphan, and [the] widow. And you must not shed innocent blood in this place.
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Widow's » Should be » Honored, if widows indeed
Honor widows [who are] truly widows.
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Widow's » Though poor, may be liberal
And one poor widow came [and] put in two small copper coins (that is, a penny). And summoning his disciples, he said to them, "Truly I say to you that this poor widow put in more than all those who put [offerings] into the contribution box.
Widow's » Woe to those who oppress
Ah! Those who decree decrees of evil, and writers who have written harm, to guide [the] needy away from legal claims, and to rob the justice from the poor of my people, to make widows their spoil; and they plunder orphans.
Widow's » Laws respecting » Bound to perform their vows
"But the vow of a widow or a woman who is divorced, all that she binds on herself will stand on her.
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Widow's » Should not be » Afflicted
" 'You will not afflict any widow or orphan.
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Widow's » The wicked » Vex
They have treated father and mother with contempt in you; {they violated} the alien with extortion; in the midst of you they mistreated [the] orphan and widow.
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Widow's » God » Surely hears the cry of
If you indeed afflict him, yes, if he cries out at all to me, I will certainly hear his cry of distress.
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Widow's » The wicked » Reject the cause of
Your princes [are] rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend [the] orphan and [the] legal dispute of [the] widow does not come before them.
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Widow's » Should be » Pleaded for
Learn to do good! Seek justice! Rescue [the] oppressed! Defend [the] orphan! Plead for [the] widow!
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Widow's » God » Will witness against oppressors of
"Then I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear {falsely}, and against the oppressors of [the] hired worker [with his] wages, [the] widow and [the] orphan, and {the abusers of} [the] alien, and [yet] do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.
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Widow's » God » Relieves
Yahweh protects [the] strangers. He helps up [the] orphan and [the] widow, but [the] way of [the] wicked he {thwarts}.
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Widow's » Reproach connected with
You must not fear, for you will not be ashamed, and you must not be confounded, for you will not feel abashed, for you will forget the shame of your youth, and you will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.
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Widow's » The wicked » Slay
They kill widow and stranger, and they murder orphans,
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Widow's » Should be » Visited in affliction
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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Widow's » Were released from all obligation to former husbands
Therefore as a result, if she belongs to another man [while] her husband is living, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress [if she] belongs to another man.
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Widow's » Allowed to marry again
Therefore as a result, if she belongs to another man [while] her husband is living, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress [if she] belongs to another man.
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Widow's » The wicked » Do no good to
[He] feeds on [the] barren, [who] does not have a child, and does no good to [the] widow.
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Widow's » Saints » Disappoint not
"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,
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Widow's » Saints » Cause joy to
[The] blessing of [the] wretched came upon me, and I caused [the] widow's heart to sing for joy.
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Widow's » Saints » Relieve
So Peter got up [and] accompanied them. [When he] arrived, they brought [him] up to the upstairs room, and all the widows came to him, weeping and showing [him] tunics and [other] clothing that Dorcas used to make [while she] was with them.
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Widow's » The wicked » Take pledges from
They drive away [the] donkey of orphans; they take [the] widow's ox as a pledge.
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Widow's » The wicked » Send, away empty
You have sent widows away empty-handed, and [the] arms of orphans were crushed.
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- Loving Foreigners
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- Oppression, God's Attitude To
- Oppression, Nature Of
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- Social Justice
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- Widows, Should Be
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