Bible Verses About The Order Of Widows

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

Short core verse naming widows that are truly widows.

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.

Directly says the church should care for true widows.

Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.

Gives the age and marital standard for enrollment.

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

Direct warning about younger widows.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Direct instruction that younger widows should marry.

Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

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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.

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

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Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

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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;

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But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

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A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

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And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

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

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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

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