Thematic Bible: Widow
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Anna » Devout » Widow
And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (being advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, and this woman was a widow to eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, serving with fastings and supplications night and day.
Widow » Instances of » The woman who gave two mites (leptas) in the temple courtyard
And he also saw a certain poor widow there casting in two mites.
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And having sat down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the multitude cast money into the treasury, and many rich men cast in much. And one poor widow having come, she cast in two mites, which are a quadrans. And having summoned his disciples, he says to them, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all those who are casting into the treasury. read more.
For they all cast in from that which is abundant to them, but she from her need cast in all, as many things she had, her whole living.
For they all cast in from that which is abundant to them, but she from her need cast in all, as many things she had, her whole living.
Widow » Marriage of, authorized
So then, of the living husband, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes to another man, but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, for her not to be an adulteress having become to another man.
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A wife is bound by law as long a time as her husband lives, but also if the husband should sleep, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in Lord.
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Widow » Instances of » Ruth
Widow » Instances of » The widow of nain, whose only son jesus raised from the dead
And it came to pass on the next day that he went to a city called Nain, and a considerable number of his disciples went with him, also a large multitude. Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, an only begotten son who died was being carried out for his mother. And she was a widow, and a considerable crowd of the city were with her. And when the Lord saw her, he felt compassion toward her, and said to her, Weep not. read more.
And having come, he touched the coffin, and the men carrying it stood still. And he said, Young man, I say to thee, arise. And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
And having come, he touched the coffin, and the men carrying it stood still. And he said, Young man, I say to thee, arise. And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Widow » Instances of » Anna
And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (being advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, and this woman was a widow to eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, serving with fastings and supplications night and day.
Widow » Instances of » The woman whose sons elisha saved from being sold for debt
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou know that thy servant feared LORD, and the creditor has come to take my two children to him to be bo And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what have thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid has not anything in the house except a pot of oil. Then he said, Go, borrow for thee vessels abroad from all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. read more.
And thou shall go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and thou shall set aside that which is full. So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons. They brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is no more a vessel. And the oil halted. Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons from the rest.
And thou shall go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and thou shall set aside that which is full. So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons. They brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is no more a vessel. And the oil halted. Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons from the rest.
Widow » When they are daughters of priests, they are to be supported by their fathers
But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned to her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread, but there shall no stranger eat of it.
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Widow » Priests forbidden to marry
A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these he shall not take, but he shall take to wife a virgin of his own people.
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Widow » Vows of, binding
But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, [even] everything with which she has bound her soul shall stand against her.
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Widow » Instances of » The widow of zarephath, who sustained elijah during a famine
Widow » Instances of » Naomi
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left, and her two sons.
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