Jesus On Widows
Mark 12:43 (KJV)
43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
Luke 4:25-26 (KJV)
25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
Luke 18:2-5 (KJV)
2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Luke 20:47 (KJV)
47 Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Widows In The New Testament
Acts 6:1 (KJV)
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.
1 Corinthians 7:8 (KJV)
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I.
1 Timothy 5:4 (KJV)
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.
James 1:27 (KJV)
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.
Widows In The Old Testament
Exodus 22:22 (KJV)
22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
1 Kings 17:9 (KJV)
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
Proverbs 15:25 (KJV)
25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Jeremiah 22:3 (KJV)
3 Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Scripture contributions for November 2018 by: Paul Anderson, Matthew Anderson
