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• ܐܰܪܡܰܠܬ݁ܳܐ
• χήρα
• אַלְמָנָה
• אַלְמָנותּ
• אִשָּׁה

• Character of true
  Luke 2:37; 1 Timothy 5:5,10

• GOD
  • Surely hears the cry of
    Exodus 22:23
  • Judges for
    Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalm 68:5
  • Relieves
    Psalm 146:9
  • Establishes the border of
    Proverbs 15:25
  • Will witness against oppressors of
    Malachi 3:5

• Exhorted to trust in God
  Jeremiah 49:11

• SHOULD NOT BE
  • Afflicted
    Exodus 22:22
  • Oppressed
    Jeremiah 7:6; Zechariah 7:10
  • Treated with violence
    Jeremiah 22:3
  • Deprived of raiment in pledge
    Deuteronomy 24:17

• SHOULD BE
  • Pleaded for
    Isaiah 1:17
  • Honoured, if widows indeed
    1 Timothy 5:3
  • Relieved by their friends
    1 Timothy 5:4,16
  • Relieved by the Church
    Acts 6:1; 1 Timothy 5:9
  • Visited in affliction
    James 1:27
  • Allowed to share in our blessings
    Deuteronomy 14:29; 16:11,14; 24:19-21

• Though poor, may be liberal
  Mark 12:42,43

• When young, exposed to may temptations
  1 Timothy 5:11-14

• SAINTS
  • Relieve
    Acts 9:39
  • Cause joy to
    Job 29:13
  • Disappoint not
    Job 31:16

• THE WICKED
  • Do no good to
    Job 24:21
  • Send, away empty
    Job 22:9
  • Take pledges from
    Job 24:3
  • Reject the cause of
    Isaiah 1:23
  • Vex
    Ezekiel 22:7
  • Make a prey of
    Isaiah 10:2; Matthew 23:14
  • Slay
    Psalm 94:6

• Curse for perverting judgment of
  Deuteronomy 27:19

• Woe to those who oppress
  Isaiah 10:1,2

• Blessings on those who relieve
  Deuteronomy 14:29

• A type of Zion in affliction
  Lamentations 5:3

• Were released from all obligation to former husbands
  Romans 7:3

• Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands
  Genesis 38:14,19; 2 Samuel 14:2,5

• Reproach connected with
  Isaiah 54:4

• Increase of, threatened as a punishment
  Exodus 22:24; Jeremiah 15:8; 18:21

• LAWS RESPECTING
  • Not to be oppressed
    Exodus 22:22; Deuteronomy 27:19
  • Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors
    Deuteronomy 24:17
  • Bound to perform their vows
    Numbers 30:9
  • Not to intermarry with priests
    Leviticus 21:14
  • To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards
    Deuteronomy 24:19
  • To have a share of the triennial tithe
    Deuteronomy 14:28,29; 26:12,13
  • To share in public rejoicings
    Deuteronomy 16:11,14
  • When daughters of priests and childless to partake of the Holy things
    Leviticus 22:13
  • When left childless, to be married by their husband's Nearest of kin
    Deuteronomy 25:5,6; Ruth 3:10-13; 4:4,5; Matthew 22:24-26

• Allowed to marry again
  Romans 7:3

• Intermarrying with, of kings considered treason
  1 Kings 2:21-24

• Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity
  Job 27:15; Psalm 78:64

• Were under the special protection of God
  Deuteronomy 10:18; Psalm 68:5

• Were frequently oppressed and persecuted
  Job 24:3; Ezekiel 22:7

• Specially taken care of by the Church
  Acts 6:1; 1 Timothy 5:9

• Often devoted themselves entirely to God's service
  Luke 2:37; 1 Timothy 5:10

• Instances of great liberality in
  1 Kings 17:9-15; Mark 12:42,43

• ILLUSTRATIVE OF
  • A desolate condition
    Isaiah 47:8,9
  • Zion in captivity
    Lamentations 1:1