15 Bible Verses about Not Helping Widows
Most Relevant Verses
“You have sent widows away empty,
And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.
[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]
who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation.”
who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
So as to deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the orphans.
Your rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone loves a bribe
And chases after rewards.
They do not defend the orphan,
Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.
“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men,
Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,
And every mouth is speaking foolishness.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.
and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
“Then I will draw near to 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 those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.
Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.
