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Deuteronomy 14:29 Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.ġ4 So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.ġ5 Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.ġ6 If any woman who is a believer has widows in her care, she should continue to help them and not let the church be burdened with them, so that the church can help those widows who are really in need. Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry.ġ2 Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge.ġ3 Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. info under CC BY 3.3 Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.Ĥ But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.ĥ The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.Ħ But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.ħ Give the people these instructions, so that no one may be open to blame.Ĩ Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.ĩ No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband,ġ0 and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.ġ1 As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. Isaiah 1:17 - Learn to do well seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge. James 1:27 - 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. Some scripture references/categories courtesy of Open Bible. Bible verses related to Widows And Orphans from the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance. If a verse or topic does not belong, please contact us. Topics and verses are auto-generated from user searches. This command of protecting orphans, widows and strangers is repeated over and over in Scripture, and amazingly enough His command has surfaced once again in our generation. Psalms 68:5 - A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, God in his holy habitation.
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When the Israelites reap their harvest they are told to leave some extra for the foreigner. (Read More.)ġ Timothy 5:5 - Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 24:17 strictly commands to not withhold justice from the widow and the orphan. James 2:1-26 - My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, of glory, with respect of persons.
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Matthew 6:1-34 - Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Hebrews 13:1-25 - Let brotherly love continue. James 2:14-17 - What profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? (Read More.) Isaiah 1:17 - Learn to do well seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.ġ Timothy 5:1 - 6:21 - Rebuke not an elder, but intreat as a father the younger men as brethren (Read More.) James 1:27 - Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world.