'Widows' in the Bible

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing."

so the descendants of Levi who have no tribal allotment as you do foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your cities may come, eat, and be satisfied. That way, the LORD your God shall bless you in everything you do."

You shall rejoice before him -- you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you -- in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.

Rejoice in your festival you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi, and foreigners, orphans, and widows, who live in your cities.

"When you have finished your harvest, reserve the tithe in the third year (the year of the tithe), and give the entire tithe to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows, so they may eat and be satisfied in your cities.

Then you shall say before the Lord your God, "I have removed the sacred offering from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten your commandments.

"I've removed the holy offering from my house and given it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows just as you have commanded me. I haven't violated or forgotten your commands. I haven't eaten any part of it while mourning, nor removed any part of it while unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I've obeyed the voice of the LORD my God and did all that he commanded me.

When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the 10 concubines he had left to take care of the palace and placed them under guard. He provided for them, but he was not intimate with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

"They prey on the barren woman, and do no favors for widows.

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

Those who were about to die blessed me, and I made widows sing for joy.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

The wicked kill widows and foreigners; they murder orphans.

The LORD stands guard over the stranger; he supports both widows and orphans, but makes the path of the wicked slippery.

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

The Lord says, "Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

And he knew their widows, and he devastated their cities, and [the] land was appalled, and {everyone in it} at the sound of his roar.

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.

"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

Yet Elijah wasn't sent to a single one of those widows except to one at Zarephath in Sidon.

Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

A widow may be put on the widows' list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband.

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

Therefore, I want younger widows to remarry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.

For some widows have already turned away to follow Satan.

If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

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.