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Exodus 20:12
“ Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the Lord your God gives you.
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Deuteronomy 16:11
and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is in your town, and the stranger, the orphan, and the widow who are in your midst, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name.
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Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the stranger by giving him food and clothing.
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Acts 6:1
Now at this time, as the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint developed on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food.
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Deuteronomy 27:19
‘ Cursed is one who distorts the justice due a stranger, an orphan, or a widow.’ And all the people shall say,‘ Amen.’
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Deuteronomy 14:29
And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the stranger, the orphan, and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
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Deuteronomy 16:14
and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son and your daughter, and your male and female slaves, and the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow who are in your towns.
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Acts 9:39
So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the room upstairs; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
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1 Timothy 5 2
to the older women as mothers, and to the younger women as sisters, in all purity.
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1 Timothy 5 4-1 Timothy 5 5
but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show proper respect for their own family and to give back compensation to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.Now she who is actually a widow and has been left alone has set her hope on God, and she continues in requests and prayers night and day.
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1 Timothy 5 9-1 Timothy 5 11
A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,having a reputation for good works; and if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has assisted those in distress, and if she has devoted herself to every good work.But refuse to register younger widows, for when they feel physical desires alienating them from Christ, they want to get married,
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Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy dwelling.
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Matthew 23:13
“ But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter it yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
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Jeremiah 49:11
Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your widows trust in Me.”
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1 Timothy 5 16-1 Timothy 5 17
If any woman who is a believer has dependent widows, she must assist them and the church must not be burdened, so that it may assist those who are actually widows.The elders who lead well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
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Luke 2:37
and then as a widow to the age of eighty four. She did not leave the temple grounds, serving night and day with fasts and prayers.
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Matthew 15:6
he is not to honor his father or mother.’ And by this you have invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
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Psalms 146:9
The Lord watches over strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.
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1 Peter 2 17
Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.
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1 Peter 3 7
You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
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Psalms 94:6
They kill the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans.
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Job 29:13
The blessing of the one who was about to perish came upon me, And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
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Job 31:16
“ If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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1 Thessalonians 2 6
nor did we seek honor from people, either from you or from others, though we could have asserted our authority as apostles of Christ.
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Luke 7:12
Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.
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James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and* said of him,“ Here is truly an Israelite, in whom there is no deceit!”