WIDOWS
WIDOWS
WIDOWS
- Character of true # Lu 2:37 1Ti 5:5,10
- GOD 2a) Surely hears the cry of
# Ex 22:23
2b) Judges for # De 10:18 Ps 68:5 2c) Relieves # Ps 146:9 2d) Establishes the border of # Pr 15:25 2e) Will witness against oppressors of # Mal 3:5 3) Exhorted to trust in God # Jer 49:11 4) SHOULD NOT BE 4a) Afflicted # Ex 22:22 4b) Oppressed # Jer 7:6 Zec 7:10 4c) Treated with violence # Jer 22:3 4d) Deprived of raiment in pledge # De 24:17 5) SHOULD BE 5a) Pleaded for # Isa 1:17 5b) Honoured, if widows indeed # 1Ti 5:3 5c) Relieved by their friends # 1Ti 5:4,16 5d) Relieved by the Church # Ac 6:1 1Ti 5:9 5e) Visited in affliction # Jas 1:27 5f) Allowed to share in our blessings # De 14:29 16:11,14 24:19-21 6) Though poor, may be liberal # Mr 12:42,43 7) When young, exposed to may temptations # 1Ti 5:11-14 8) SAINTS 8a) Relieve # Ac 9:39 8b) Cause joy to # Job 29:13 8c) Disappoint not # Job 31:16 9) THE WICKED 9a) Do no good to # Job 24:21 9b) Send, away empty # Job 22:9 9c) Take pledges from # Job 24:3 9d) Reject the cause of # Isa 1:23 9e) Vex # Eze 22:7 9f) Make a prey of # Isa 10:2 Mt 23:14 9g) Slay # Ps 94:6 10) Curse for perverting judgment of # De 27:19 11) Woe to those who oppress # Isa 10:1,2 12) Blessings on those who relieve # De 14:29 13) A type of Zion in affliction # La 5:3 14) Were released from all obligation to former husbands # Ro 7:3 15) Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands # Ge 38:14,19 2Sa 14:2,5 16) Reproach connected with # Isa 54:4 17) Increase of, threatened as a punishment # Ex 22:24 Jer 15:8 18:21 18) LAWS RESPECTING 18a) Not to be oppressed # Ex 22:22 De 27:19 18b) Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors # De 24:17 18c) Bound to perform their vows # Nu 30:9 18d) Not to intermarry with priests # Le 21:14 18e) To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards # De 24:19 18f) To have a share of the triennial tithe # De 14:28,29 26:12,13 18g) To share in public rejoicings # De 16:11,14 18h) When daughters of priests and childless to partake of the holy things # Le 22:13 18i) 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 19) Allowed to marry again # Ro 7:3 20) Intermarrying with, of kings considered treason # 1Ki 2:21-24 21) Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity # Job 27:15 Ps 78:64 22) Were under the special protection of God # De 10:18 Ps 68:5 23) Were frequently oppressed and persecuted # Job 24:3 Eze 22:7 24) Specially taken care of by the Church # Ac 6:1 1Ti 5:9 25) Often devoted themselves entirely to God’s service # Lu 2:37 1Ti 5:10 26) Instances of great liberality in # 1Ki 17:9-15 Mr 12:42,43 27) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 27a) A desolate condition # Isa 47:8,9 27b) Zion in captivity # La 1:1