New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Widows

• Character of true Lk. 2:37; 1 Tim. 5:5, 10
• God
  • Surely hears the cry of Ex. 22:23
  • Judges for Dt. 10:18; Ps. 68:5
  • Relieves Ps. 146:9
  • Establishes the border of Pr. 15:25
  • Will witness against oppressors of Mal. 3:5
• Exhorted to trust in God Jer. 49:11
• Should not be
  • Afflicted Ex. 22:22
  • Oppressed Jer. 7:6; Zech. 7:10
  • Treated with violence Jer. 22:3
  • Deprived of raiment in pledge Dt. 24:17
• Should be
  • Pleaded for Isa. 1:17
  • Honored, if widows indeed 1 Tim. 5:3
  • Relieved by their friends 1 Tim. 5:4, 16
  • Relieved by the Church Acts 6:1; 1 Tim. 5:9
  • Visited in affliction Jas. 1:27
  • Allowed to share in our blessings Dt. 14:29, 16:11, 14, 24:19-21
• Though poor, may be liberal Mk. 12:42, 43
• When young, exposed to may temptations 1 Tim. 5:11-14
• Saints
  • Relieve Acts 9:39
  • Cause joy to Job 29:13
  • Disappoint not Job 31:16
• The wicked
  • Do no good to Job 24:21
  • Send, away empty Job 22:9
  • Take pledges from Job 24:3
  • Reject the cause of Isa. 1:23
  • Vex Ezek. 22:7
  • Make a prey of Isa. 10:2; Mt. 23:14
  • Slay Ps. 94:6
• Curse for perverting judgment of Dt. 27:19
• Woe to those who oppress Isa. 10:1, 2
• Blessings on those who relieve Dt. 14:29
• A type of Zion in affliction Lam. 5:3
• Were released from all obligation to former husbands Rom. 7:3
• Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands Gen. 38:14, 19; 2 Sam. 14:2, 5
• Reproach connected with Isa. 54:4
• Increase of, threatened as a punishment Ex. 22:24; Jer. 15:8, 18:21
• Laws respecting
  • Not to be oppressed Ex. 22:22; Dt. 27:19
  • Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors Dt. 24:17
  • Bound to perform their vows Num. 30:9
  • Not to intermarry with priests Lev. 21:14
  • To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards Dt. 24:19
  • To have a share of the triennial tithe Dt. 14:28, 29, 26:12, 13
  • To share in public rejoicings Dt. 16:11, 14
  • When daughters of priests and childless to partake of the holy things Lev. 22:13
  • When left childless, to be married by their husband's nearest of kin Dt. 25:5, 6; Ruth 3:10-13, 4:4, 5; Mt. 22:24-26
• Allowed to marry again Rom. 7:3
• Intermarrying with, of kings considered treason 1 Ki. 2:21-24
• Not to be deplored by, considered a great calamity Job 27:15; Ps. 78:64
• Were under the special protection of God Dt. 10:18; Ps. 68:5
• Were frequently oppressed and persecuted Job 24:3; Ezek. 22:7
• Specially taken care of by the Church Acts 6:1; 1 Tim. 5:9
• Often devoted themselves entirely to God's service Lk. 2:37; 1 Tim. 5:10
• Instances of great liberality in 1 Ki. 17:9-15; Mk. 12:42, 43
• Illustrative of
  • A desolate condition Isa. 47:8, 9
  • Zion in captivity Lam. 1:1