Some scripture references/categories courtesy of Open Bible. If a verse or topic does not belong, please contact us. Topics and verses are auto-generated from user searches. a true widow is lost her husband and is childless or has no one including children. But we are explicitly told not to take advantage of the widow and the fatherless. These oppressors withheld justice from widows and orphans. Matthew 5:1-48 - And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: (Read More.) 5 thoughts on God’s Law on Widows and Orphans (Deuteronomy). In Biblical times and throughout history, government officials and ruling classes oppressed the poor with unjust laws and abusive policies. Matthew 5:7 - Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.ĭeuteronomy 24:19 - When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. James 1:27 - 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.Įxodus 22:22 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.ġ John 3:17 - But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
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