god caring for widows

Exodus Chapter 22:22

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Exodus Chapter 22:23

If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

Exodus Chapter 22:24

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Deuteronomy Chapter 14:28

At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:

Deuteronomy Chapter 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.

Deuteronomy Chapter 27:19

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Psalm Chapter 68:5

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Psalm Chapter 146:9

The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Psalm Chapter 147:3

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Isaiah Chapter 54:4

Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Isaiah Chapter 54:5

For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Jeremiah Chapter 49:11

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

Malachi Chapter 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.

Mark Chapter 12:40

Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

Luke Chapter 18:1

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Luke Chapter 18:2

Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

Luke Chapter 18:3

And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

Luke Chapter 18:4

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

Luke Chapter 18:5

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

Luke Chapter 18:6

And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

Luke Chapter 18:7

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Luke Chapter 18:8

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Acts Chapter 6:1

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Acts Chapter 6:2

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

Acts Chapter 6:3

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Acts Chapter 6:4

But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

Acts Chapter 6:5

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

Acts Chapter 6:6

Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

Acts Chapter 6:7

And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Acts Chapter 6:8

And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

Acts Chapter 6:9

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

Acts Chapter 6:10

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

Acts Chapter 6:11

Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

Acts Chapter 6:12

And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

Acts Chapter 6:13

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Acts Chapter 6:14

For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

Acts Chapter 6:15

And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:3

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

1 Timothy Chapter 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.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:5

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:6

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:7

And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:8

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:9

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

1 Timothy Chapter 5:10

Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:11

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

1 Timothy Chapter 5:12

Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:13

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:14

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:15

For some are already turned aside after Satan.

1 Timothy Chapter 5:16

If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

James Chapter 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.