Bible Verses about “god caring for widows”

“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.”

“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.”

“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”

“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”

“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.”

“And withal they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.”

“If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;”

“For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.”

“And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.”

“Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.”

“And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [are] within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.”

“At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay [it] up within thy gates:”

“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God in his holy habitation.”

“¶ And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;”

“¶ Honour widows that are widows indeed.”

“But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.”

“Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid [their] hands on them.”

“¶ 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.”

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

“Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.”

“And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:”

“And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.”

“But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.”

“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 the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.”

“Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.”

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

“The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”

“¶ And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.”

“And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.”

“Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.”

“And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon [him], and caught him, and brought [him] to the council,”

“And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:”

“For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.”

“And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.”

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

“Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.”

“‹And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?›”

“‹I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?›”

“Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.”

“Saying, ‹There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:›”

“‹And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.›”

“‹And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;›”

“‹Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.›”

“And the Lord said, ‹Hear what the unjust judge saith.›”

“And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.”

“Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.”

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

“Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.”

“For some are already turned aside after Satan.”