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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