Thematic Bible: Widow's
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Mite (a lepta) » Widow's
and he saw also a certain poor widow casting there two mites,
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Widow's » Should be » Allowed to share in our blessings
and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.
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And thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in thy midst, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there,
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'When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands. 'When thou beatest thine olive, thou dost not examine the branch behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is. 'When thou cuttest thy vineyard, thou dost not glean behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is;
Widow's » Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands
and Joab sendeth to Tekoah, and taketh thence a wise woman, and saith unto her, 'Feign thyself a mourner, I pray thee, and put on, I pray thee, garments of mourning, and anoint not thyself with oil, and thou hast been as a woman these many days mourning for the dead,
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and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which is by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.
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and she riseth, and goeth, and turneth aside her vail from off her, and putteth on the garments of her widowhood.
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And the king saith to her, 'What -- to thee?' and she saith, 'Truly a widow woman am I, and my husband dieth,
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Widow's » Increase of, threatened as a punishment
Its widows have been more to Me than the sand of the seas, I brought in to them -- against the mother -- A young man -- a spoiler -- at noon. I caused to fall upon her suddenly, wrath and trouble.
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and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.
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Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,
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Widow's » Character of true
in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;
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and she is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,
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And she who is really a widow and desolate, hath hoped upon God, and doth remain in the supplications and in the 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 thou dost bring out all the tithe of thine increase in that year, and hast placed it within thy gates;
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'When thou dost complete to tithe all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, the year of the tithe, then thou hast given to the Levite, to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, and they have eaten within thy gates, and been satisfied, and thou hast said before Jehovah thy God, I have put away the separated thing out of the house, and also have given it to the Levite, and to the sojourner, and to the orphan, and to the widow, according to all Thy command which Thou hast commanded me; I have not passed over from Thy commands, nor have I forgotten.
Widow's » Laws respecting » To share in public rejoicings
And thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in thy midst, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there,
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and thou hast rejoiced in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » Not to be oppressed
Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
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'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;
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Widow's » Instances of great liberality in
Rise, go to Zarephath, that is to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.' And he riseth, and goeth to Zarephath, and cometh in unto the opening of the city, and lo there, a widow woman gathering sticks, and he calleth unto her, and saith, 'Bring, I pray thee, to me, a little water in a vessel, and I drink.' And she goeth to bring it, and he calleth unto her and saith, 'Bring, I pray thee, to me a morsel of bread in thy hand.' read more.
And she saith, 'Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it -- and died.' And Elijah saith unto her, 'Fear not, go, do according to thy word, only make for me thence a little cake, in the first place, and thou hast brought out to me; and for thee and for thy son make -- last; for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The pitcher of meal is not consumed, and the dish of oil is not lacking, till the day of Jehovah's giving a shower on the face of the ground.' And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household -- days;
And she saith, 'Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it -- and died.' And Elijah saith unto her, 'Fear not, go, do according to thy word, only make for me thence a little cake, in the first place, and thou hast brought out to me; and for thee and for thy son make -- last; for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The pitcher of meal is not consumed, and the dish of oil is not lacking, till the day of Jehovah's giving a shower on the face of the ground.' And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household -- days;
and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing. And having called near his disciples, he saith to them, 'Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath put in more than all those putting into the treasury;
Widow's » Should be » Relieved by their friends
and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.
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If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that those really widows it may relieve.
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Widow's » God » Judges for
He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.
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Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
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Widow's » Were under the special protection of God
He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.
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Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
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Widow's » Should not be » Oppressed
Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,
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And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.
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Widow's » The wicked » Make a prey of
To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.
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'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.
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Widow's » Often devoted themselves entirely to God's service
in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;
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and she is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,
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Widow's » Should be » Relieved by the church
And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,
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A widow -- let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,
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Widow's » Specially taken care of by the primitive church
And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,
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A widow -- let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,
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Widow's » Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity
His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep.
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His priests by the sword have fallen, And their widows weep not.
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Widow's » Were frequently oppressed and persecuted
The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
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Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin
'When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother; and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.
Widow's » Laws respecting » Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors
'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;
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Widow's » Laws respecting » To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards
'When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands.
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Widow's » Should not be » Deprived of raiment in pledge
'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;
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Widow's » When young, exposed to may temptations
and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry, having judgment, because the first faith they did cast away, and at the same time also, they learn to be idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not; read more.
I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;
I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;
Widow's » Curse for perverting judgment of
Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
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Widow's » Blessings on those who relieve
and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.
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Widow's » Illustrative of » Zion in captivity
How hath she sat alone, The city abounding with people! She hath been as a widow, The mighty among nations! Princes among provinces, She hath become tributary!
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Widow's » A type of zion in affliction
Orphans we have been -- without a father, our mothers are as widows.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » When daughters of priests and childless, to partake of the holy things
and a priest's daughter, when she is a widow, or cast out, and hath no seed, and hath turned back unto the house of her father, as in her youth, of her father's bread she doth eat; but no stranger doth eat of it.
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Widow's » Laws respecting » Not to intermarry with priests
widow, or cast out, or polluted one -- a harlot -- these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take for a wife,
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Widow's » Intermarrying with, of kings considered treason
And she saith, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother for a wife.' And king Solomon answereth and saith to his mother, 'And why art thou asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? also ask for him the kingdom -- for he is mine elder brother -- even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.' And king Solomon sweareth by Jehovah, saying, 'Thus doth God to me, and thus He doth add -- surely against his soul hath Adonijah spoken this word; read more.
and now, Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and causeth me to sit on the throne of David my father, and who hath made for me an house as He spake -- surely to-day is Adonijah put to death.'
and now, Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and causeth me to sit on the throne of David my father, and who hath made for me an house as He spake -- surely to-day is Adonijah put to death.'
Widow's » God » Establishes the border of
The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.
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Widow's » Exhorted to trust in God
Leave thine orphans -- I do keep alive, And thy widows -- on Me trust ye,
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Widow's » Illustrative of » A desolate condition
And now, hear this, O luxurious one, Who is sitting confidently -- Who is saying in her heart, 'I am, and none else, I sit not a widow, nor know bereavement.' And come in to thee do these two things, In a moment, in one day, childlessness and widowhood, According to their perfection they have come upon thee, In the multitude of thy sorceries, In the exceeding might of thy charms.
Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.
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Widow's » Should be » Honored, if widows indeed
honour widows who are really widows;
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Widow's » Though poor, may be liberal
and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing. And having called near his disciples, he saith to them, 'Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath put in more than all those putting into the treasury;
Widow's » Woe to those who oppress
Woe to those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness. To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.
Widow's » Laws respecting » Bound to perform their vows
'As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.
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Widow's » Should not be » Afflicted
'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;
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Widow's » The wicked » Vex
Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.
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Widow's » God » Surely hears the cry of
if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;
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Widow's » The wicked » Reject the cause of
Thy princes are apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.
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Widow's » Should be » Pleaded for
Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive for the widow.
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Widow's » God » Will witness against oppressors of
And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.
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Widow's » God » Relieves
Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.
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Widow's » Reproach connected with
And desolate cities they cause to be inhabited. Fear not, for thou art not ashamed, Nor blush, for thou art not confounded, For the shame of thy youth thou forgettest, And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou dost not remember any more.
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Widow's » The wicked » Slay
Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder.
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Widow's » Should be » Visited in affliction
religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world.
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Widow's » Were released from all obligation to former husbands
so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.
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Widow's » Allowed to marry again
so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.
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Widow's » The wicked » Do no good to
Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good,
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Widow's » Saints » Disappoint not
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
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Widow's » Saints » Cause joy to
The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.
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Widow's » Saints » Relieve
And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.
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Widow's » The wicked » Take pledges from
The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
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Widow's » The wicked » Send, away empty
Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
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