Widows
Character of true -- Lu 2:37; 1Ti 5:5,10. God Surely hears the cry of. -- Ex 22:23. Judges for. -- De 10:18; Ps 68:5. Relieves. -- Ps 146:9. Establishes the border of. -- Pr 15:25. Will witness against oppressors of. -- Mal 3:5. Exhorted to trust in God -- Jer 49:11. Should not be Afflicted. -- Ex 22:22. Oppressed. -- Jer 7:6; Zec 7:10. Treated with violence. -- Jer 22:3. Deprived of raiment in pledge. -- De 24:17. Should be Pleaded for. -- Isa 1:17. Honoured, if widows indeed. -- 1Ti 5:3. Relieved by their friends. -- 1Ti 5:4,16. Relieved by the Church. -- Ac 6:1; 1Ti 5:9. Visited in affliction. -- Jas 1:27. Allowed to share in our blessings. -- De 14:29; 16:11,14; 24:19-21. Though poor, may be liberal -- Mr 12:42,43. When young, exposed to may temptations -- 1Ti 5:11-14. Saints Relieve. -- Ac 9:39. Cause joy to. -- Job 29:13. Disappoint not. -- Job 31:16. The wicked Do no good to. -- Job 24:21. Send, away empty. -- Job 22:9. Take pledges from. -- Job 24:3. Reject the cause of. -- Isa 1:23. Vex. -- Eze 22:7. Make a prey of. -- Isa 10:2; Mt 23:14. Slay. -- Ps 94:6. Curse for perverting judgment of -- De 27:19. Woe to those who oppress -- Isa 10:1,2. Blessings on those who relieve -- De 14:29. A type of Zion in affliction -- La 5:3. Were released from all obligation to former husbands -- Ro 7:3. Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands -- Ge 38:14,19; 2Sa 14:2,5. Reproach connected with -- Isa 54:4. Increase of, threatened as a punishment -- Ex 22:24; Jer 15:8; 18:21. Laws respecting Not to be oppressed. -- Ex 22:22; De 27:19. Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors. -- De 24:17. Bound to perform their vows. -- Nu 30:9. Not to intermarry with priests. -- Le 21:14. To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards. -- De 24:19. To have a share of the triennial tithe. -- De 14:28,29; 26:12,13. To share in public rejoicings. -- De 16:11,14. When daughters of priests and childless to partake of the holy things. -- Le 22:13. When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin. -- De 25:5,6; Ru 3:10-13; 4:4,5; Mt 22:24-26. Allowed to marry again -- Ro 7:3. Intermarrying with, of kings considered treason -- 1Ki 2:21-24. Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity -- Job 27:15; Ps 78:64. Were under the special protection of God -- De 10:18; Ps 68:5. Were frequently oppressed and persecuted -- Job 24:3; Eze 22:7. Specially taken care of by the Church -- Ac 6:1; 1Ti 5:9. Often devoted themselves entirely to God's service -- Lu 2:37; 1Ti 5:10. Instances of great liberality in -- 1Ki 17:9-15; Mr 12:42,43. Illustrative of A desolate condition. -- Isa 47:8,9. Zion in captivity. -- La 1:1.