Bible Verses about “taking care of widows”

“But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.”

“Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”

“Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."”

“Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.”

“"You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.”

“Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.”

“"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.”

“But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.”

“Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.”

“If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;”

“For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.”

“the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.”

“Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;”

“For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain." And, "The laborer is worthy of his wages."”

“You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.”

“If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;”

“but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants.”

“and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.”

“At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall lay it up within your gates:”

“Honor widows who are widows indeed.”

“Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;" and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.”

“Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.”

“Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.”

“I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.”

“But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.”

“If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don't let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.”

“Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.”

“Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.”

“Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold your son!"”

“Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,”

“being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.”

“When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.”

“Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.”

“Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.”

“May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."”

“You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;”

“but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing.”

“When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.”

“When you gather [the grapes of] your vineyard, you shall not glean it after yourselves: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.”

“I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.”

“In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can't be hidden.”

“But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;”

“having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.”

“For already some have turned aside after Satan.”

“Some men's sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.”

“At meal time Boaz said to her, "Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar." She sat beside the reapers, and they reached her parched grain, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left some of it.”

“Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, "Whose young lady is this?"”

“The servant who was set over the reapers answered, "It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.”

“She said, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house."”

“Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen, my daughter. Don't go to glean in another field, and don't go from here, but stay here close to my maidens.”