Widows & Orphans
Scripture's repeated command to care for the fatherless and widow, and Jesus's own compassion toward one.
Exod 22:22
Read in full chapter →22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
See also: Exodus 2:23, Deuteronomy 24:17
Deut 10:18
Read in full chapter →18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
See also: Psalms 146:9, Psalms 68:5
James 1:27
Read in full chapter →27Pure 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.
See also: Romans 12:2, Isaiah 1:16-17
Luke 7:12-15
Read in full chapter →12Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
See also: Ecclesiastes 7:4, Mark 1:41
13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
See also: Psalms 103:13, Isaiah 63:9
14And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
15And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
See also: John 11:44, 1 Kings 17:23