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What does the Bible say about god caring for widows?

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The Bible teaches that God tenderly cares for widows, defends their cause, and calls his people to reflect his compassion through faithful provision and honor. Psalm 68:5 names him “Father of the fatherless and protector of widows,” while Psalm 146:9 declares that he upholds them. His covenant law warns against afflicting widows and condemns those who deny them justice, as Exodus 22:22 and Deuteronomy 27:19 show. In the church, true religion includes caring for widows in distress, and believers are instructed to honor and support those genuinely without family help (James 1:27; 1 Timothy 5:3-5). God’s care ultimately rests in his faithful husbandly love for his people (Isaiah 54:4-5).

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  • Psalms 68:5

    A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

  • Isaiah 54:4-5

    [4] Don't be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be confounded; for you shall not be disappointed: for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood shall you remember no more. [5] For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

  • James 1:27

    Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

  • 1 Timothy 5:3

    Honor widows who are widows indeed.

  • 1 Timothy 5:5

    Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

  • Psalms 146:9

    Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

  • Deuteronomy 27:19

    Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.

  • Exodus 22:22

    "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

  • Psalms 147:3

    He heals the broken in heart, And binds up their wounds.

  • 1 Timothy 5:9

    Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

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