Bible Cross References
a widow
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is everyone that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow. And all the people shall say, So be it.
2 Samuel 14:5-24
5
And the king said to her, What is the matter with you? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.
6
And moreover your handmaid had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one struck down the other, his brother, and killed him.
7
And behold, the whole family rose up against your handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that struck down his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and we will take away your heir. So they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave my husband a remnant or name upon the face of the earth.
8
And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.
9
And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, On me, my lord, O king, and on my father's house [be] the iniquity, and the king and his throne [be] guiltless.
10
And the king said, Who was it that spoke to you? You shall bring him to me, and [one] shall not touch him anymore.
11
And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, [As] the lord lives, not a hair of your son shall fall to the ground.
12
And the woman said, Let now your servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak on.
13
And the woman said, Why have you devised this thing against the people of God? Or [is] this word out of the king's mouth as a transgression, so that the king should not bring back his [own] banished [son]?
14
For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as He devises to thrust forth from Him His outcast.
15
And now whereas I came to speak this word to my lord the king, [the reason is] that the people will see me, and your handmaid will say, Let one now speak to my lord the king, if perhaps the king will perform the request of his handmaid;
16
for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son from the inheritance of God.
17
And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious,--[well]: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king, to hear good and evil; and the Lord your God shall be with you.
18
And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray, the matter which I ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.
19
And the king said, [Is] not the hand of Joab in all this matter with you? And the woman said to the king, [As] your soul lives, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.
20
In order that this form of speech might come about [it was] that your servant Joab has framed this matter; and my lord is wise as [is] the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
21
And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done to you according to this your word: go, bring back the young man Absalom.
22
And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down, and blessed the king. And Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant.
23
And Joab arose, and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
24
And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Absalom returned to his house, and saw not the king's face.
Job 22:9
But you have sent widows away empty, and have afflicted orphans.
Job 29:13
Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me.
Isaiah 1:17
learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.
Isaiah 1:21-23
21
How has the faithful city of Zion, [once] full of judgment, become a harlot! Where righteousness lodged, but now murderers.
22
Your silver is worthless, your wine merchants mix the wine with water.
23
Your princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have transgressed [the rule of] judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.
Avenge
Luke 18:7
And God, shall He not execute justice for His own elect, who cry out day and night to Him, and yet He is patient with them?
Luke 18:8
I tell you that He will execute justice for them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"
Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a fear to good works, but to evil. And do you wish not to fear the authority? Do what is good, and you shall have praise from the same.
Romans 13:4
For he is God's servant to you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's servant, an avenger for wrath to the [one] practicing evil.