Exodus 22:22-24
22 aYou shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. 23If you do mistreat them, and they bcry out to me, I will surely chear their cry, 24and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and dyour wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.Job 22:9
9You have esent widows away empty,and fthe arms of gthe fatherless were crushed.
Job 31:16-20
16 “If I have hwithheld anything that the poor desired,or have icaused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18(for from my youth the fatherless ▼
▼Hebrew he
grew up with me as with a father,and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow ▼
▼Hebrew her
),19if I have seen anyone lperish for mlack of clothing,
or the needy without ncovering,
20if his body has not oblessed me, ▼
▼Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
Mark 12:40
40 qwho devour widows’ houses and rfor a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”Luke 20:47
47 swho devour widows’ houses and tfor a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”2 Timothy 3:6
6For among them are uthose who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions,
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