What the Bible says about

Widow

56 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.”
Numbers 30:9 BSB
“But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.”
Leviticus 22:13 BSB
“He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,”
Leviticus 21:14 BSB
“So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.”
Romans 7:3 BSB
“A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 7:39 BSB
“You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.”
Exodus 22:22-24 BSB
“He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.”
Deuteronomy 10:18 BSB
“At the end of every three years, bring a tenth of all your produce for that year and lay it up within your gates.”
Deuteronomy 14:28 BSB
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