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

• Relieve
- Ac 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
- 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

• A desolate condition
- Isa 47:8,9
• Zion in captivity
- La 1:1
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