Bible Dictionary: Widows: God: Judges For

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Deuteronomy 10:18
He does execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Psalm 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

Though Many Other Widows came Near to Judith in virtue...
... in this woman whereas most of the judges were causes ... with spiritual arms, "which
are mighty through God to the ... You who are widows have no excuse because of the ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter viii though many other.htm

St. Ambrose Returns to the Story of the Widow of Sarepta...
... 16. All, then, have an example to imitate, virgins, married women, and widows. ... blemish
they were not willing to believe in the Son of God. ... [3330] Judges 6:37 ff ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter iii st ambrose returns.htm

The Life of St. Silvester.
... He had in writing the names of all the widows and orphans ... shall believe that he is
dead by the power of God. And when the judges heard this, they said to Zambry ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the life of st silvester.htm

The Story of Ruth, the Gleaner
... In the time of the Judges in Israel, a man named ... and her two daughters-in-law were
all left widows. Naomi heard that God had again given good harvests and ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of ruth the.htm

Elucidations.
... Why not judges? ... the ante-Nicene canons, would naturally become the founders of "widows'
houses," such ... hinge upon "the knowledge of the Son of God." How these ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/clement/the stromata or miscellanies/elucidations 6.htm

Jesus' Last Public Discourse. Denunciation of Scribes and ...
... by the management of their estates as judges, and as ... blackness of the crime of robbing
widows, see Exodus 22 ... is figurative and presents the kingdom of God as a ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cx jesus last public discourse.htm

A Discourse of the Building, Nature, Excellency, and Government of ...
... a farther scourge, The which it will, if such shall judges be, Which ... They are to
be chosen from such as are 'widows indeed, who trust in God, and continue ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse of the building.htm

The Banquet of the Ten Virgins, or Concerning Chastity
... Chapter VIII.--The Double Altar, Widows and Virgins; Gold the ... a King, in the Book
of Judges, Explained. ... to Chastity; The Church the Spouse of God, Pure and ...
/.../methodius/the banquet of the ten virgins or concerning chastity/

General Consistency of the Apostle.
... "To the unmarried" also, "and widows," he says ... about the Lord, how they may please
God; the married ... marriage." [883] Thus, too, he discriminatingly judges her to ...
/.../tertullian/on modesty/chapter xvi general consistency of the.htm

A Gentle Heroine, a Gentile Convert
... background to the lurid pictures of the Book of Judges. ... those, 'not far from the
kingdom of God,' who needed ... So these two lonely widows are left, each seeking ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/a gentle heroine a gentile.htm

Subtopics

Widows

Widows Remarrying

Widows were Clothed in Mourning After the Decease of Husbands

Widows were Frequently Oppressed and Persecuted

Widows were Released from all Obligation to Former Husbands

Widows were Under the Special Protection of God

Widows: A Desolate Condition

Widows: A Type of Zion in Affliction

Widows: Allowed to Marry Again

Widows: Blessings on Those Who Relieve

Widows: Character of True