Love & Relationships
Bible Verses About helping widows
15 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about helping widows? Browse 15 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: James 1:27 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “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.” |
15 Key Scriptures
“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.”
James 1:27KJV
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. house: or, kindred”
“He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. that which: or, his deed”
“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.”
“And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:”
Isaiah 58:10KJV
“Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.”
Matthew 5:42KJV
“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:”
“He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. He that: Heb. Good of eye”
“Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, taken: or, chosen”
“The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.”
“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.”
“There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:”
Luke 16:19KJV
“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.”
Acts 6:1KJV
“They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.”
“Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”
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