Widows

The man who was dying blessed me;
I made the widow’s heart sing.

                ~Job 29:13 (NIV)

He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.

                ~Deuteronomy 10:18 (NIV)

The Lord tears down the proud man’s house
but he keeps the widow’s boundaries intact.

                ~Proverbs 15:25 (NIV)

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

                ~Psalms 146:9

Leave your orphans; I will protect their lives.
Your widows too can trust in me.”

                ~Jeremiah 49:11 (NIV)

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

                ~John 14:18

He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.

                ~Psalm 147:3 (NIV)

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.

                ~Psalm 68:5 (NIV)

“Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow.”
Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

                ~Deuteronomy 27:19 (NIV)

So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

                ~John 16:22 (NIV)