Scriptures Containing Widow
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Old Testament
Genesis
- Genesis 38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
- Genesis 38:14 And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
Ex 22:22]] Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. Le 21:14]] A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. Le 22:13]] But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof. Nu 30:9]] But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. De 10:18]] He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. De 14:29]] And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. De 16:11]] And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. De 16:14]] And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. De 24:17]] Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge: De 24:19]] When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. De 24:20]] When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. De 24:21]] When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. De 26:12]] When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; De 26:13]] Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them: De 27:19]] Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 2Sa 14:5]] And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. 1Ki 7:14]] He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 1Ki 11:26]] And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. 1Ki 17:9]] Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 1Ki 17:10]] So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 1Ki 17:20]] And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? Job 24:3]] They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. Job 24:21]] He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. Job 29:13]] The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. Job 31:16]] If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Ps 94:6]] They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. Ps 109:9]] Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Ps 146:9]] The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. Pr 15:25]] The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. Isa 1:17]] Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Isa 1:23]] Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. Isa 47:8]] Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: Jer 7:6]] If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Jer 22:3]] Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. La 1:1]] How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! Eze 22:7]] In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. Eze 44:22]] Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. Zec 7:10]] And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. Mal 3:5]] And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
New Testament
Mark
- Mark 12:42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Mr 12:43]] And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: Lu 2:37]] And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. Lu 4:26]] But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. Lu 7:12]] Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. Lu 18:3]] And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. Lu 18:5]] Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. Lu 21:2]] And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. Lu 21:3]] And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 1Ti 5:4]] But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 1Ti 5:5]] Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 1Ti 5:9]] Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, Re 18:7]] How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
