Dictionaries :: Widows

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Widows:

to be treated with kindness (Exd 22:22; Deu 14:29; 16:11,14; 24:17,19-21; 26:12; 27:19, etc.). In the New Testament the same tender regard for them is inculcated (Act 6:1-6; 1Ti 5:3-16) and exhibited.

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Widows: Character of True

Luk 2:37; 1Ti 5:5,10

Widows: God

Surely hears the cry of

Exd 22:23

Judges for

Deu 10:18; Psa 68:5

Relieves

Psa 146:9

Establishes the border of

Pro 15:25

Will witness against oppressors of

Mal 3:5

Widows: Exhorted to Trust in God

Jer 49:11

Widows: Should Not Be

Afflicted

Exd 22:22

Oppressed

Jer 7:6; Zec 7:10

Treated with violence

Jer 22:3

Deprived of raiment in pledge

Deu 24:17

Widows: 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

Act 6:1; 1Ti 5:9

Visited in affliction

Jam 1:27

Allowed to share in our blessings

Deu 14:29; 16:11,14; 24:19-21

Widows: Though Poor, May Be Liberal

Mar 12:42,43

Widows: When Young, Exposed to Many Temptations

1Ti 5:11-14

Widows: Saints

Relieve

Act 9:39

Cause joy to

Job 29:13

Disappoint not

Job 31:16

Widows: 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; Mat 23:14

Slay

Psa 94:6

Widows: Curse for Perverting Judgment Of

Deu 27:19

Widows: Woe to Those Who Oppress

Isa 10:1,2

Widows: Blessings on Those Who Relieve

Deu 14:29

Widows: A Type of Zion in Affliction

Lam 5:3

Widows: Were released from all obligation to former husbands

Rom 7:3

Widows: Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands

Gen 38:14,19; 2Sa 14:2,5

Widows: Reproach Connected With

Isa 54:4

Widows: Increase Of, Threatened as a Punishment

Exd 22:24; Jer 15:8; 18:21

Widows: Laws Respecting

Not to be oppressed

Exd 22:22; Deu 27:19

Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors

Deu 24:17

Bound to perform their vows

Num 30:9

Not to intermarry with priests

Lev 21:14

To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards

Deu 24:19

To have a share of the triennial tithe

Deu 14:28,29; 26:12,13

To share in public rejoicings

Deu 16:11,14

When daughters of priests and childless to partake of the holy things

Lev 22:13

When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin

Deu 25:5,6; Rth 3:10-13; 4:4,5; Mat 22:24-26

Widows: Allowed to Marry Again

Rom 7:3

Widows: Intermarrying With, of Kings Considered Treason

1Ki 2:21-24

Widows: Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity

Job 27:15; Psa 78:64

Widows: Were under the Special Protection of God

Deu 10:18; Psa 68:5

Widows: Were Frequently Oppressed and Persecuted

Job 24:3; Eze 22:7

Widows: Specially Taken Care of by the Church

Act 6:1; 1Ti 5:9

Widows: Often devoted themselves entirely to God's service

Luk 2:37; 1Ti 5:10

Widows: Instances of Great Liberality In

1Ki 17:9-15; Mar 12:42,43

Widows: Illustrative Of

A desolate condition

Isa 47:8,9

Zion in captivity

Lam 1:1