Widows
Zechariah 7:10 BSB
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
Psalm 109:9 BSB
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
Psalm 94:6 BSB
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
Psalm 146:9 BSB
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Isaiah 1:17 BSB
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Isaiah 1:23 BSB
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Luke 21:2 BSB
and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
Luke 21:3 BSB
“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
Job 24:3 BSB
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:17 BSB
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
Deuteronomy 10:18 BSB
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 27:19 BSB
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Ezekiel 22:7 BSB
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
Deuteronomy 24:20 BSB
When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
Proverbs 31:9 BSB
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Matthew 25:40 BSB
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
James 1:5 BSB
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Proverbs 9:10 BSB
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 15:22 BSB
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
James 3:17 BSB
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.