12 occurrences

'Widows' in the Bible

My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.

Verse ConceptsEmotions, Shown By GodGod KillingGod KillsGod Will Be Angry

When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the 10 concubines he had left to take care of the palace and placed them under guard. He provided for them, but he was not intimate with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

Verse ConceptsHousesWidowsAbsence Of SexTen PeopleIndividuals going homeActual Widows

You sent widows away empty-handed,and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsNot Helping Widows

Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,yet their widows will not weep for them.

Verse ConceptsWidowsActual WidowsNot Mourning

His priests fell by the sword,but the widows could not lament.

Verse ConceptsKilling PriestsDeposed PriestsNot Mourning

Therefore the Lord does not rejoiceover Israel’s young menand has no compassionon its fatherless and widows,for everyone is a godless evildoer,and every mouth speaks folly.In all this, His anger is not removed,and His hand is still raised to strike.

Verse ConceptsOrphansSin, Nature OfWidowsDecadenceGod's HandVirtues Of Young PeopleGod's Hands Stretched OutLack Of RejoicingNot Helping WidowsHypocrisy

to keep the poor from getting a fair trialand to deprive the afflicted among my people of justice,so that widows can be their spoiland they can plunder the fatherless.

Verse ConceptsFraudThe NeedyPlunderingHuntingOppression, Nature OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoor, Oppression OfExtortionNo JusticeNot Helping WidowsHelping The Pooroppression

I made their widows more numerousthan the sand of the seas.I brought a destroyer at noonagainst the mother of young men.I suddenly released on heragitation and terrors.

Verse ConceptsNoonSandWidowsThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionThose Who DestroyMany In Israel

We have become orphans, fatherless;our mothers are widows.

Verse ConceptsBeing ForsakenWidows

The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesHuntingWidowsPeople Torn To PiecesLike CreaturesJudged As MurderersTaking PossessionConspiracy

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