Widows
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
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