Bible verses about Widows
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Character of true Luke 2:37; I Timothy 5:5,10 GOD Surely hears the cry of Exodus 22:23 Judges for Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalms 68:5 Relieves Psalms 146:9 Establishes the border of Proverbs 15:25 Will witness against oppressors of Malachi 3:5 Exhorted to trust in God Jeremiah 49:11 SHOULD NOT BE Afflicted Exodus 22:22 Oppressed Jeremiah 7:6; Zechariah 7:10 Treated with violence Jeremiah 22:3 Deprived of raiment in pledge Deuteronomy 24:17 SHOULD BE Pleaded for Isaiah 1:17 Honoured, if widows indeed I Timothy 5:3 Relieved by their friends I Timothy 5:4,16 Relieved by the Church Acts 6:1; I Timothy 5:9 Visited in affliction James 1:27 Allowed to share in our blessings Deuteronomy 14:29; 16:11,14; 24:19-21 Though poor, may be liberal Mark 12:42,43 When young, exposed to may temptations I Timothy 5:11-14 SAINTS Relieve Acts 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 Isaiah 1:23 Vex Ezekiel 22:7 Make a prey of Isaiah 10:2; Matthew 23:14 Slay Psalms 94:6 Curse for perverting judgment of Deuteronomy 27:19 Woe to those who oppress Isaiah 10:1,2 Blessings on those who relieve Deuteronomy 14:29 A type of Zion in affliction Lamentations 5:3 Were released from all obligation to former husbands Romans 7:3 Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands Genesis 38:14,19; II Samuel 14:2,5 Reproach connected with Isaiah 54:4 Increase of, threatened as a punishment Exodus 22:24; Jeremiah 15:8; 18:21 LAWS RESPECTING Not to be oppressed Exodus 22:22; Deuteronomy 27:19 Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors Deuteronomy 24:17 Bound to perform their vows Numbers 30:9 Not to intermarry with priests Leviticus 21:14 To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards Deuteronomy 24:19 To have a share of the triennial tithe Deuteronomy 14:28,29; 26:12,13 To share in public rejoicings Deuteronomy 16:11,14 When daughters of priests and childless to partake of the holy things Leviticus 22:13 When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin Deuteronomy 25:5,6; Ruth 3:10-13; 4:4,5; Matthew 22:24-26 Allowed to marry again Romans 7:3 Intermarrying with, of kings considered treason I Kings 2:21-24 Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity Job 27:15; Psalms 78:64 Were under the special protection of God Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalms 68:5 Were frequently oppressed and persecuted Job 24:3; Ezekiel 22:7 Specially taken care of by the Church Acts 6:1; I Timothy 5:9 Often devoted themselves entirely to God's service Luke 2:37; I Timothy 5:10 Instances of great liberality in I Kings 17:9-15; Mark 12:42,43 ILLUSTRATIVE OF A desolate condition Isaiah 47:8,9 Zion in captivity Lamentations 1:1

 

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