Widow

How Nave’s arranged it

• Vows of, bindingNumbers 30:9
• When they are daughters of priests, they are to be supported by their fathersLeviticus 22:13
• Priests forbidden to marryLeviticus 21:14
• Marriage of, authorizedRomans 7:31 Corinthians 7:39
• Widows' dower
• See Dowry
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TOExodus 22:22–24Deuteronomy 10:18Deuteronomy 14:28Deuteronomy 14:29Deuteronomy 16:11–14Deuteronomy 24:17Deuteronomy 24:19–21Deuteronomy 25:5–10Deuteronomy 27:19Job 22:5Job 22:9Job 24:3Job 24:21Job 29:13Job 31:16Job 31:22Psalms 68:5Psalms 94:6Psalms 146:9Proverbs 15:25
• INSTANCES OF
• NaomiRuth 1:3
• RuthRuth 1Ruth 2Ruth 3Ruth 4
• The widow of Zarephath, who sustained Elijah during a famine1 Kings 17
• The woman whose sons Elisha saved from being sold for debt2 Kings 4:1–7

The passages, in Bible order (56)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 22:22–24

   You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 22:22–242 voices

   “Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

   “Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child - It is remarkable that offenses against this law are not left to the discretion of the judges to be punished; God reserves the punishment to himself, and by this he strongly shows his abhorrence of the crime.

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2. 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,

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   “A widow,....

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3. 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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   “But if the priest's daughter be a widow or divorced,....

   “But if the priest’s daughter be a widow - and is returned unto her father’s house - A widow in Bengal not infrequently returns to her father’s house on the death of her husband: the union betwixt her and her own family is never so dissolved as among European nations. Thousands of widows in Bengal, whose husbands die before the consummation of marriage, never leave their parents - Ward.

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4. Numbers 30:9

   Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.

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   “But every vow of a widow,....

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5. Deuteronomy 10:18

   He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

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   “He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow,....

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6. Deuteronomy 14:28

   At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 14:282 voices

   “At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year,....

   “Compare the marginal references. The tithe thus directed in the third year to be dispensed in charity at home, was not paid in addition to that in other years bestowed on the sacred meals, but was substituted for it. The three years would count from the sabbatical year (see the next chapter), in which year there would of course be neither payment of tithe nor celebration of the feasts at the sanctuary. In the third year and sixth year of the septennial cycle the feasts would be superseded by the private hospitality enjoined in these verses.

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7. 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 satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.

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   “And the Levite, because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,....

   “And the Levite (because he hath no part nor inheritance - And hence much of his support depended on the mere freewill-offerings of the people. God chose to make his ministers thus dependent on the people, that they might be induced (among other motives) to labor for their spiritual profiting, that the people, thus blessed under their ministry, might feel it their duty and privilege to support and render them comfortable.

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8. 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, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

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   “And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God,....

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9. Deuteronomy 24:17

   Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

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   “Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless,....

   “Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various acts of consideration is one and the same Deu 24:18, Deu 24:22.

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10. 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.

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    “[Of old,] it was wicked and unlawful to gather the sheaves left after the harvest, or to glean the vines after the vintage or to gather up the olives that remain after the trees were picked, because these things were to be left for the …

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11. 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.

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    “If brethren dwell together,....

    “The law of levirate marriage. The law on this subject is not unique to the Jews, but is found (see Gen 38:8) in all essential respects the same among various Oriental nations, ancient and modern. The rules in these verses, like those upon divorce, do but incorporate existing immemorial usages, and introduce various wise and politic limitations and mitigations of them.

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12. Deuteronomy 27:19

    ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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    “Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow,.... Who have none to assist them, and take their part, and therefore judges may be tempted to do an unjust thing; but God is the patron of them, and takes notice of every injury done them, and is the avenger of all such: and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on Deu 27:15; See Gill on Deu 27:16.

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13. 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.

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    “You call to mind Blaesilla's companionship, her conversation and her endearing ways; and you cannot endure the thought that you have lost them all. I pardon you the tears of a mother, but I ask you to restrain your grief. When I think of the parent, I cannot blame you for weeping, but when I think of the Christian and the recluse, the mother disappears from my view. Your wound is still fresh, and any touch of mine, however gentle, is more likely to inflame than to heal it.

    “Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled,.... So that it appears that this history is of time and things after the affair of Micah, and of the concubine of the Levite, and of the war between Israel and Benjamin; for in those times there was no king nor judge in Israel; but to what time of the judges, and which government of theirs it belongs to, is not agreed on.

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14. Ruth 1:3

    Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,

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    “You call to mind Blaesilla's companionship, her conversation and her endearing ways; and you cannot endure the thought that you have lost them all. I pardon you the tears of a mother, but I ask you to restrain your grief. When I think of the parent, I cannot blame you for weeping, but when I think of the Christian and the recluse, the mother disappears from my view. Your wound is still fresh, and any touch of mine, however gentle, is more likely to inflame than to heal it.

    “And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died,....

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15. 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.

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    “And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's,....

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16. 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?

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    “What does Naomi suggest to her daughter-in-law? When Ruth heard her mother-in-law saying, "Our neighbor is a true man," she was reminded of his great kindness and thought to want him [to be] married to her in law, so that she might keep up the …

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