Character of true Lu 2:37; 1Ti 5:5,10
GOD
Surely hears the cry of Ex 22:23
Relieves Ps 146:9
Establishes the border of Pr 15:25
Will witness against oppressors of Mal 3:5
Exhorted to trust in God Jer 49:11
SHOULD NOT BE
Afflicted Ex 22:22
Treated with violence Jer 22:3
Deprived of raiment in pledge De 24:17
SHOULD BE
Pleaded for Isa 1:17
Honoured, if widows indeed 1Ti 5:3
Relieved by their friends 1Ti 5:4,16
Relieved by the Church Ac 6:1; 1Ti 5:9
Visited in affliction Jas 1:27
Allowed to share in our blessings De 14:29; 16:11,14; 24:19-21
Though poor, may be liberal Mr 12:42,43
When young, exposed to may temptations 1Ti 5:11-14
SAINTS
Relieve Ac 9:39
Cause joy to Job 29:13
Disappoint not Job 31:16
THE WICKED
Do no good to Job 24:21
Send, away empty Job 22:9
Take pledges from Job 24:3
Reject the cause of Isa 1:23
Vex Eze 22:7
Make a prey of Isa 10:2; Mt 23:14
Slay Ps 94:6
Curse for perverting judgment of De 27:19
Woe to those who oppress Isa 10:1,2
Blessings on those who relieve De 14:29
A type of Zion in affliction La 5:3
Were released from all obligation to former husbands Ro 7:3
Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands Ge 38:14,19; 2Sa 14:2,5
Reproach connected with Isa 54:4
Increase of, threatened as a punishment Ex 22:24; Jer 15:8; 18:21
LAWS RESPECTING
Not to be oppressed Ex 22:22; De 27:19
Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors De 24:17
Bound to perform their vows Nu 30:9
Not to intermarry with priests Le 21:14
To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards De 24:19
To have a share of the triennial tithe De 14:28,29; 26:12,13
To share in public rejoicings De 16:11,14
When daughters of priests and childless to partake of the holy things Le 22:13
When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin De 25:5,6; Ru 3:10-13; 4:4,5; Mt 22:24-26
Allowed to marry again Ro 7:3
Intermarrying with, of kings considered treason 1Ki 2:21-24
Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity Job 27:15; Ps 78:64
Were under the special protection of God De 10:18; Ps 68:5
Were frequently oppressed and persecuted Job 24:3; Eze 22:7
Specially taken care of by the Church Ac 6:1; 1Ti 5:9
Often devoted themselves entirely to God's service Lu 2:37; 1Ti 5:10
Instances of great liberality in 1Ki 17:9-15; Mr 12:42,43
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
A desolate condition Isa 47:8,9
Zion in captivity La 1:1