'Widows' in the Bible
who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.
But of a truth I say to you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months, so that a great famine came upon all the land,
who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.
But in those days, the disciples multiplying in number, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were overlooked in the daily ministration.
And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
And having given her his hand, he raised her up, and having called the saints and the widows, presented her living.
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.
But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,
If any believing man or woman have widows, let them impart relief to them, and let not the assembly be charged, that it may impart relief to those that are widows indeed.
Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.