Bible Cross References
widows
Job 24:3
They take donkeys that belong to orphans, and keep a widow's ox till she pays her debts.
Job 24:21
That happens because they mistreated widows and showed no kindness to childless women.
Job 29:12
When the poor cried out, I helped them; I gave help to orphans who had nowhere to turn.
Job 29:13
People who were in deepest misery praised me, and I helped widows find security.
Job 31:16-18
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I have never refused to help the poor; never have I let widows live in despair
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or let orphans go hungry while I ate.
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All my life I have taken care of them.
Job 31:21-18
Exodus 22:21-24
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"Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner; remember that you were foreigners in Egypt.
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Do not mistreat any widow or orphan.
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If you do, I, the LORD, will answer them when they cry out to me for help,
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and I will become angry and kill you in war. Your wives will become widows, and your children will be fatherless.
Deuteronomy 27:19
" 'God's curse on anyone who deprives foreigners, orphans, and widows of their rights.' "And all the people will answer, 'Amen!'
Psalm 94:6
They kill widows and orphans, and murder the strangers who live in our land.
Isaiah 1:17
and learn to do right. See that justice is done---help those who are oppressed, give orphans their rights, and defend widows."
Isaiah 1:23
Your leaders are rebels and friends of thieves; they are always accepting gifts and bribes. They never defend orphans in court or listen when widows present their case.
Isaiah 10:2
That is how you keep the poor from having their rights and from getting justice. That is how you take the property that belongs to widows and orphans.
Ezekiel 22:7
None of you in the city honor your parents. You cheat foreigners and take advantage of widows and orphans.
Malachi 3:5
The LORD Almighty says, "I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners---against all who do not respect me.
Luke 18:3-5
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And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, 'Help me against my opponent!'
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For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or respect people,
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yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!' "
arms
Psalm 10:15
Break the power of wicked and evil people; punish them for the wrong they have done until they do it no more.
Psalm 37:17
because the LORD will take away the strength of the wicked, but protect those who are good.
Ezekiel 30:22
Now then, this is what I, the Sovereign LORD, say: I am the enemy of the king of Egypt. I am going to break both his arms---the good one and the one already broken---and the sword will fall from his hand.