'Widows' in the Bible
And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.
And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.
You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.
A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.
Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.
For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
I have let their widows be increased in number more than the sand of the seas: I have sent against them, against the mother and the young men, one who makes waste in the heat of the day, causing pain and fears to come on her suddenly.
For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.
Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.
We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.
And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.
Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of souls; they have taken wealth and valued property; they have made great the number of widows in her.
Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.
Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;
Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.
Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.
And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.
But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.
Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,
But to the younger widows say No: for when their love is turned away from Christ, they have a desire to be married;
So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,
If any woman of the faith has relations who are widows, let her give them help, so that the care of them does not come on the church, and so it may give help to those who are truly widowed.
The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.