Widow
51 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
12 sections
- Anna
- Marriage of, Authorized
- Naomi
- Priests Forbidden to Marry
- Ruth
- The Widow of Nain, Whose Only Son Jesus Raised from the Dead
- The Widow of Zarephath, Who Sustained Elijah During a Famine
- The Woman Who Gave Two Mites (Leptas) in the Temple Courtyard
- The Woman Whose Sons Elisha Saved from Being Sold for Debt
- Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- Vows of, Binding
- when They are Daughters of Priests, They are to be Supported by Their Fathers
Anna
- Luke 2:36–37 There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years, …
Marriage of, Authorized
- Romans 7:3 So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
- 1 Corinthians 7:39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
Naomi
- Ruth 1:3 Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,
Priests Forbidden to Marry
- Leviticus 21:14 He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
Ruth
- Ruth 1:1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
- Ruth 2:1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
- Ruth 3:1 One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
- Ruth 4:1 Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
The Widow of Nain, Whose Only Son Jesus Raised from the Dead
- Luke 7:11–15 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd. …
The Widow of Zarephath, Who Sustained Elijah During a Famine
- 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
The Woman Who Gave Two Mites (Leptas) in the Temple Courtyard
- Mark 12:41–44 As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts. …
- Luke 21:2 and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
The Woman Whose Sons Elisha Saved from Being Sold for Debt
- 2 Kings 4:1–7 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!” …
Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
- Exodus 22:22–24 You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. …
- Deuteronomy 10:18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Deuteronomy 14:28–29 At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates. …
- Deuteronomy 16:11–14 and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name — you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, …
- Deuteronomy 24:17 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
- Deuteronomy 24:19–21 If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. …
- Deuteronomy 25:5–10 When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her. …
- Deuteronomy 27:19 ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Job 22:5 Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
- Job 22:9 You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
- Job 24:3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
- Job 24:21 They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
- Job 29:13 The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
- Job 31:16 If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
- Job 31:22 then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
- Psalm 68:5 A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.
- Psalm 94:6 They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
- Psalm 146:9 The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
- Proverbs 15:25 The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
- Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
- Isaiah 1:23 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.
- Isaiah 10:1–2 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, …
- Jeremiah 7:6–7 if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm, …
- Jeremiah 22:3 This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
- Jeremiah 49:11 Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
- Ezekiel 22:7 Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
- Zechariah 7:10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
- Malachi 3:5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and …
- Matthew 23:14
- Mark 12:40 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- Luke 20:47 They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- 1 Corinthians 7:8–9 Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am. …
- 1 Timothy 5:3–6 Honor the widows who are truly widows. …
- 1 Timothy 5:9–12 A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband, …
- 1 Timothy 5:16 If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.
Vows of, Binding
- Numbers 30:9 Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.
when They are Daughters of Priests, They are to be Supported by Their Fathers
- Leviticus 22:13 But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.