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Want to know what the Bible says about Widows? Here are 89 Bible verses about Widows from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Jeremiah 18:21 NIV
So give their children over to famine;
    hand them over to the power of the sword.
Let their wives be made childless and widows;
    let their men be put to death,
    their young men slain by the sword in battle.
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Psalm 78:64 NIV
their priests were put to the sword,
    and their widows could not weep.
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Deuteronomy 27:19 NIV
“Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.”
Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
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Deuteronomy 24:17 NIV
Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.
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Deuteronomy 10:18 NIV
He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.
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1 Timothy 5:4 NIV
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.
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Deuteronomy 24:19-21 NIV
19 When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. 21 When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.
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Job 24:3 NIV
They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
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1 Timothy 5:10 NIV
and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.
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