WIDOW
- - Character of true: ... Lu 2:37; 1Ti 5:5,10|
- - Exhorted to trust in God: ... Jer 49:11|
- - Vows of, binding: ... Nu 30:9|
- - When they are daughters of priests, they are to be supported
by their fathers: ... Le 22:13|
- - Priests forbidden to marry: ... Le 21:14|
- - Marriage of, authorized: ... Ro 7:3; 1Co 7:39|
- - Christians are to help: ... Jas 1:27|
- - Widows' dower
...... See DOWRY
- - UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: ... Ex 22:22-24;
De 10:18; 14:28,29; 16:11-14; 24:17,19-21; 25:5-10; 27:19; Job 22:5,9;
24:3,21; 29:13; 31:16,22; Ps 68:5; 94:6; 146:9; Pr 15:25; Isa 1:17,23;
10:1,2; Jer 7:6,7; 22:3; 49:11; Eze 22:7; Zec 7:10; Mal 3:5; Mt 23:14;
Mr 12:40; Lu 20:47; 1Co 7:8,9; 1Ti 5:3-6,9-12,16|
- - INSTANCES OF
...... Naomi: ... Ru 1:3|
...... Ruth: ... Ru 1; 2; 3; 4|
...... The widow of Zarephath, who sustained Elijah during
a famine: ... 1Ki 17|
...... The woman whose sons Elisha saved from being sold for
debt: ... 2Ki 4:1-7|
...... Anna: ... Lu 2:36,37|
...... The woman who gave two mites (leptas) in the temple
courtyard: ... Mr 12:41-44; Lu 21:2|
...... The widow of Nain, whose only son Jesus raised from
the dead: ... Lu 7:11-15|
...... See WOMEN
...... See MARRIAGE, Levirate (brother-in-law)
- - GOD
...... Surely hears the cry of: ... Ex 22:23|
...... Judges for: ... De 10:18; Ps 68:5|
...... Relieves: ... Ps 146:9|
...... Establishes the border of: ... Pr 15:25|
...... Will witness against oppressors of: ... Mal 3:5|
- - SHOULD NOT BE
...... Afflicted: ... Ex 22:22|
...... Oppressed: ... Jer 7:6; Zec 7:10|
...... Treated with violence: ... Jer 22:3|
...... Deprived of raiment in pledge: ... De 24:17|
- - SHOULD BE
...... Pleaded for: ... Isa 1:17|
...... Honoured, if widows indeed: ... 1Ti 5:3|
...... Relieved by their friends: ... 1Ti 5:4,16|
...... Relieved by the Church: ... Ac 6:1; 1Ti 5:9|
...... Visited in affliction: ... Jas 1:27|
...... Allowed to share in our blessings: ... De 14:29;
16:11,14; 24:19-21|
- - Though poor, may be liberal: ... Mr 12:42,43|
- - When young, exposed to may temptations: ... 1Ti
5:11-14|
- - SAINTS
...... Relieve: ... Ac 9:39; Jas 1:27|
...... 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: ... Eze 22:7|
...... Make a prey of: ... Isa 10:2; Mt 23:14|
...... Slay: ... Ps 94:6|
- - Curse for perverting judgment of: ... De 27:19|
- - Woe to those who oppress: ... Isa 10:1,2|
- - Blessings on those who relieve: ... De 14:29|
- - A type of Zion in affliction: ... La 5:3|
- - Were released from all obligation to former husbands:
... Ro 7:3|
- - Were clothed in mourning after the decease of husbands:
... Ge 38:14,19; 2Sa 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; De 27:19|
...... Raiment of, not to be taken in pledge by creditors:
... De 24:17|
...... Bound to perform their vows: ... Nu 30:9|
...... Not to intermarry with priests: ... Le 21:14|
...... To be allowed to glean in fields and vineyards: ...
De 24:19|
...... To have a share of the triennial tithe: ... De
14:28,29; 26:12,13|
...... To share in public rejoicings: ... De 16:11,14|
...... When daughters of priests and childless to partake
of the holy things: ... Le 22:13|
...... When left childless, to be married by their husband's
nearest of kin: ... De 25:5,6; Ru 3:10-13; 4:4,5; Mt 22:24-26|
- - Allowed to marry again: ... Ro 7:3|
- - Intermarrying with, of kings considered treason: ...
1Ki 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: ... De
10:18; Ps 68:5|
- - Were frequently oppressed and persecuted: ... Job
24:3; Eze 22:7|
- - Specially taken care of by the Church: ... Ac 6:1;
1Ti 5:9|
- - Often devoted themselves entirely to God's service: ...
Lu 2:37; 1Ti 5:10|
- - Instances of great liberality in: ... 1Ki 17:9-15;
Mr 12:42,43|
- - ILLUSTRATIVE OF
...... A desolate condition: ... Isa 47:8,9|
...... Zion in captivity: ... La 1:1|
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WIFE
- - Not to be selected from among the ungodly: ... Ge
24:3; 26:34,35; 28:1|
- - Should seek religious instruction from their husbands:
... 1Co 14:35|
- - Of ministers should be exemplary: ... 1Ti 3:11|
- - The judgment denounced against Eve: ... Ge 3:16|
- - Relation of, to husband: ... Ge 2:18,23,24; 1Co
11:3-12|
- - Domestic duties of: ... Ge 18:6; Pr 31:13-27|
- - Beloved, by Isaac: ... Ge 24:67|
- - Beloved, by Jacob: ... Ge 29:30|
- - Hated: ... Ge 29:31-33|
- - Loyal: ... Ge 31:14-16|
- - Unfaithful: ... Nu 5:14-31|
- - Potiphar's: ... Ge 39:7|
- - Bath-sheba: ... 2Sa 11:2-5|
- - Contentious, Zipporah: ... Ex 4:25|
- - Idolatrous, Solomon's wives: ... 1Ki 11:4-8; Ne
13:26|
- - Jezebel: ... 1Ki 21; 2Ki 9:30-37|
- - Incorruptible, Vashti: ... Es 1:10-22|
- - Tactful Abigail: ... 1Sa 25:3,14-42|
- - Purchased: ... Ge 29; Ex 21:7-11; Ru 4:10|
- - Obtained by violence: ... Jud 21|
- - Procured: ... Ge 24; 34:4-10; 38:6|
- - Vows of: ... Nu 30:6-16|
- - DUTIES OF, TO THEIR HUSBANDS
...... To love them: ... Tit 2:4|
...... To reverence them: ... Eph 5:33|
...... To be faithful to them: ... 1Co 7:3-5,10|
...... To be subject to them: ... Ge 3:16; Eph 5:22,24;
1Pe 3:1|
...... To obey them: ... 1Co 14:34; Tit 2:5|
...... To remain with them for life: ... Ro 7:2,3|
- - SHOULD BE ADORNED
...... Not with ornaments: ... 1Ti 2:9; 1Pe 3:3|
...... With modesty and sobriety: ... 1Ti 2:9|
...... With a meek and quiet spirit: ... 1Pe 3:4,5|
...... With good works: ... 1Ti 2:10; 5:10|
- - GOOD
...... Are from the Lord: ... Pr 19:14|
...... Are a token of the favour of God: ... Pr 18:22|
...... Are a blessing to husbands: ... Pr 12:4; 31:10,12|
...... Bring honour on husbands: ... Pr 31:23|
...... Secure confidence of husbands: ... Pr 31:11|
...... Are praised by husbands: ... Pr 31:28|
...... Are diligent and prudent: ... Pr 31:13-27|
...... Are benevolent to the poor: ... Pr 31:20|
...... Duty of, to unbelieving husbands: ... 1Co 7:13,14,16;
1Pe 3:1,2|
...... Should be silent in the Churches: ... 1Co 14:34|
- - Good-Exemplified
...... Wife of Manoah: ... Jud 13:10|
...... Orpah and Ruth: ... Ru 1:4,8|
...... Abigail: ... 1Sa 25:3|
...... Esther: ... Es 2:15-17|
...... Elizabeth: ... Lu 1:6|
...... Priscilla: ... Ac 18:2,26|
...... Sarah: ... 1Pe 3:6|
- - Bad-Exemplified
...... Samson's wife: ... Jud 14:15-17|
...... Michal: ... 2Sa 6:16|
...... Jezebel: ... 1Ki 21:25|
...... Zeresh: ... Es 5:14|
...... Job's wife: ... Job 2:9|
...... Herodias: ... Mr 6:17|
...... Sapphira: ... Ac 5:1,2|
- - Called
...... DESIRE OF THE EYES: ... Eze 24:16|
...... HELPER: ... Ge 2:18,20|
...... FRUITFUL VINE: ... Ps 128:3|
- - See DIVORCE
- - See MARRIAGE
- - See VIRGIN
- - UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: ... Ge 2:18,23,24;
3:16; Es 1:20-22; Ps 128:3,4; Pr 12:4; 14:1; 18:22; 19:13,14; 21:9,19;
25:24; 30:21-23; 31:10-31; 1Co 7:2-6,10-14,16,27-29,32-34,38-40;
11:3,7-9,11,12; 14:34,35; Eph 5:22-25,28,31,33; Col 3:18,19; 1Ti
3:11; 5:9,10,14; Tit 2:3-5; 1Pe 3:1-7|
...... See HUSBAND
...... See PARENTS
...... See WIDOW
...... See WOMEN
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WILDERNESS
- - Wandering of the Israelites in, see ISRAEL
- - Typical of the sinner's state: ... De 32:10|
- - Jesus' temptation in: ... Mt 4:1; Mr 1:12,13; Lu
4:1|
- - See DESERT
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WILL
- - THE MENTAL FACULTY
...... Freedom of, recognized by God: ... Ge 4:6-10;
De 5:29; 1Ki 20:42; Isa 1:18-20; 43:26; Jer 36:3,7; Joh 7:17|
...... See BLESSINGS, CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE
...... See CHOICE
...... See CONTINGENCY
- - OF GOD, THE SUPREME RULE OF DUTY: ... Mt 6:10; 12:50;
26:39,42; Mr 3:35; 14:36; Lu 11:2; 22:42; Joh 4:34; 5:30; 6:38-40;
Ac 18:21; Ro 12:2; 15:32; 1Co 4:19; 16:7; Heb 6:3|
...... See AGENCY
- - A TESTAMENT
...... Of Abraham: ... Ge 25:5,6|
...... Of Jacob: ... Ge 48; 49|
...... Of David: ... 1Ki 2:1-9|
...... Of Jehoshaphat: ... 2Ch 21:3|
...... May not be annulled: ... Ga 3:15|
...... In force only after death: ... Heb 9:16,17|
...... See TESTAMENT
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WILLFULNESS
- - See OBDURACY
- - See SELF-WILL
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WILLOW
- - General scriptures concerning: ... Le 23:40; Ps
137:2; Eze 17:5|
- - FIGURATIVE: ... Isa 44:4|
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WIMPLE
- - (A cloth covering that was worn over the head and around
the neck and chin)): ... Isa 3:22|
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