Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Widow’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Widow’ occurs 80 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 38:11 Because of this matter, Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Be a widow in your father’s house, until my son Shelah grows up.” For he was afraid, lest he also might die, just as his brothers did. She went away, and she lived in her father’s house.Genesis 38:11
Number of the word / term Widow in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 22:22 You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.Exodus 22:22
Exodus 22:24 And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans.Exodus 22:24
Number of the word / term Widow in Exodus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 21:14 But a widow, or one who has been repudiated or defiled, or also a mistress, he shall not accept, but only a maiden from among his own people.Leviticus 21:14
Leviticus 22:13 But if she is a widow or divorced, and, being without children, she returns to her father’s house, she shall be nourished by her father’s foods, just as she was accustomed to do as a girl. No foreigner shall have the authority to eat from them.Leviticus 22:13
Number of the word / term Widow in Leviticus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 30:9 Widows and divorced women shall repay whatever they have vowed.Numbers 30:9
Number of the word / term Widow in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 10:18 He accomplishes judgment for the orphan and the widow. He loves the sojourner, and he gives him food as well as clothing.Deuteronomy 10:18
Deuteronomy 14:29 And the Levite, who has no other portion or possession with you, and the sojourner as well as the orphan and the widow who are within your gates, shall approach and eat and be satisfied, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works of your hands which you shall do.”Deuteronomy 14:29
Deuteronomy 16:11 And you shall feast in the sight of the Lord your God: you, your son and your daughter, your man servant and your woman servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the new arrival as well as the orphan and the widow, who abide with you, in the place which the Lord your God will choose, so that his name may dwell there.Deuteronomy 16:11
Deuteronomy 16:14 And you shall feast at the time of your festival: you, your son and daughter, your man servant and woman servant, likewise the Levite and the new arrival, the orphan and the widow, who are within your gates.Deuteronomy 16:14
Deuteronomy 24:19 When you have reaped the grain in your field, and, having forgotten, you leave behind a sheaf, you shall not return to take it away. Instead, you shall permit the new arrival, and the orphan, and the widow to take it away, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works of your hands.Deuteronomy 24:19
Deuteronomy 24:20 If you have gathered the fruit of your olive trees, you shall not return in order to gather whatever may remain on the trees. Instead, you shall leave it behind for the new arrival, the orphan, and the widow.Deuteronomy 24:20
Deuteronomy 24:21 If you harvest the vintage of your vineyard, you shall not gather the remaining clusters. Instead, they shall fall to the use of the stranger, the orphan, and the widow.Deuteronomy 24:21
Deuteronomy 26:12 When you will have completed the tithing of all your crops, in the third year of tithes, you shall give it to the Levite, and to the new arrival, and to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be satisfied.Deuteronomy 26:12
Deuteronomy 26:13 And you shall say, in the sight of the Lord your God: ‘I have taken what was sanctified from my house, and I have given it to the Levite, and to the new arrival, and to the orphan and the widow, just as you have commanded me. I have not transgressed your commandments, nor have I forgotten your precepts.Deuteronomy 26:13
Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed be he who subverts the judgment of the new arrival, the orphan, or the widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.Deuteronomy 27:19
Number of the word / term Widow in Deuteronomy: 10
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 14:5 And the king said to her, “What problem do you have?” And she responded: “Alas, I am a woman who is a widow. For my husband has died.2 Samuel 14:5
2 Samuel 20:3 And when the king had entered his house at Jerusalem, he took the ten women concubines, whom he had left behind to care for the house, and he put them into custody, allowing them provisions. But he did not enter to them. Instead, they were enclosed, even until the day of their deaths, living as widows.2 Samuel 20:3
Number of the word / term Widow in 2 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 7:14 the son of a widowed woman, from the tribe of Naphtali, whose father was a Tyrian, an artisan in brass, and full of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge in order to form every work of brass. And when he had gone to king Solomon, he wrought all his work.1 Kings 7:14
1 Kings 11:26 Also, there was Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother was named Zeruah, a widowed woman. He lifted up his hand against the king.1 Kings 11:26
1 Kings 17:9 “Rise up, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonians, and dwell there. For I have instructed a widowed woman there to feed you.”1 Kings 17:9
1 Kings 17:10 He rose up and went away to Zarephath. And when he had arrived at the gate of the city, he saw the widowed woman collecting wood, and he called to her. And he said to her, “Give me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.”1 Kings 17:10
1 Kings 17:20 And he cried out to the Lord, and he said, “O Lord, my God, have you even afflicted the widow by whom I am, in a sense, sustained, so that you would put to death her son?”1 Kings 17:20
Number of the word / term Widow in 1 Kings: 5
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Job
Job 22:9 You have sent widows away empty, and you have crushed the shoulders of orphans.Job 22:9
Job 24:3 They have driven away the donkey of orphans, and have taken the cow from the widow as collateral.Job 24:3
Job 24:21 For he has fed on the barren, who does not bear fruit, and he has not done good to the widow.Job 24:21
Job 27:15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.Job 27:15
Job 29:13 The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow.Job 29:13
Job 31:16 If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait;Job 31:16
Number of the word / term Widow in Job: 6
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 68:5 the father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy place.Psalm 68:5
Psalm 78:64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows did not weep.Psalm 78:64
Psalm 94:6 They have executed the widow and the new arrival, and they have slaughtered the orphan.Psalm 94:6
Psalm 109:9 May his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow.Psalm 109:9
Psalm 132:15 When blessing, I will bless her widow. I will satisfy her poor with bread.Psalm 132:15
Psalm 146:9 The Lord watches over new arrivals. He will support the orphan and the widow. And he will destroy the ways of sinners.Psalm 146:9
Number of the word / term Widow in Psalm: 6
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 15:25 The Lord will demolish the house of the arrogant. And He will make firm the borders of the widow.Proverbs 15:25
Number of the word / term Widow in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do good. Seek judgment, support the oppressed, judge for the orphan, defend the widow.Isaiah 1:17
Isaiah 9:17 For this reason, the Lord will not rejoice over their youths. And he will not take pity on their orphans and widows. For each one is a hypocrite, and each one is wicked, and every mouth has spoken foolishness. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.Isaiah 9:17
Isaiah 10:2 in order to oppress the poor in judgment, and to do violence to the case of the humble of my people, in order that widows may be their prey, and that they might plunder the orphan.Isaiah 10:2
Isaiah 47:8 And now, hear these things, you who are delicate and have confidence, who say in your heart: “I am, and there is no one greater than me. I will not sit as a widow, and I will not know barrenness.”Isaiah 47:8
Number of the word / term Widow in Isaiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 5:28 They have grown stout and fat. And they have transgressed my words most wickedly. They have not judged the case of the widow; they have not given guidance to the case of the orphan; and they have not judged a judgment for the poor.Jeremiah 5:28
Jeremiah 7:6 if you do not act with deceit toward the new arrival, the orphan, and the widow, and if you do not pour out innocent blood in this place, and if you do not walk after strange gods, which is to your own harm,Jeremiah 7:6
Jeremiah 15:8 Their widows have been multiplied by me, more so than the sand of the sea. I have led them against the mother of a youth like an attacker at midday. I have sent a terror suddenly against the cities.Jeremiah 15:8
Jeremiah 18:21 Because of this, give their sons over to famine, and bring them to the hand of the sword. Let their wives be widows without children. And let their husbands be slain by death. Let their youths be stabbed with the sword in battle.Jeremiah 18:21
Jeremiah 22:3 Thus says the Lord: Exercise judgment and justice, and free anyone who is oppressed by violence from the hand of a false accuser. And do not be willing to sadden the new arrival, or the orphan, or the widow, nor should you burden them unfairly. And you shall not shed innocent blood in this place.Jeremiah 22:3
Jeremiah 49:11 Leave behind your orphans. I will make sure that they live. And your widows will hope in me.”Jeremiah 49:11
Jeremiah 51:5 Yet Israel and Judah have not been widowed by their God, the Lord of hosts, though their land has been filled with transgression against the Holy One of Israel.Jeremiah 51:5
Number of the word / term Widow in Jeremiah: 7
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:1 Prologue And it happened that, after Israel was driven into captivity, and Jerusalem was deserted, the prophet Jeremiah sat weeping, and he wailed this lamentation in Jerusalem. And sighing with a bitter soul, and mourning, he said: ALEPH. O how a city once filled with people now sits alone! The Governess of the Gentiles has become like a widow. The Prince of the provinces has been placed under tribute.Lamentations 1:1
Lamentations 5:3 We have become orphans without a father; our mothers are like widows.Lamentations 5:3
Number of the word / term Widow in Lamentations: 2
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 19:7 He learned to make widows, and to lead their citizens into the desert. And the land, with its plenitude, was made desolate by the voice of his roaring.Ezekiel 19:7
Ezekiel 22:7 They have abused father and mother within you. The new arrival has been oppressed in your midst. They have grieved the orphan and the widow among you.Ezekiel 22:7
Ezekiel 22:25 There is a conspiracy of prophets in her midst. Like a lion, roaring and seizing the prey, they have devoured souls. They have taken riches and a price. They have multiplied widows in her midst.Ezekiel 22:25
Ezekiel 44:22 And they shall not take as wife a widow or one who has been divorced. Instead, they shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel. But they may also take a widow, if she is the widow of a priest.Ezekiel 44:22
Number of the word / term Widow in Ezekiel: 4
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 7:10 And do not find fault with the widow, and the orphan, and the newcomer, and the poor. And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother.Zechariah 7:10
Number of the word / term Widow in Zechariah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 3:5 And I will approach you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against evil-doers, and adulterers, and perjurers, and those who cheat the hired hand in his wages, the widows and the orphans, and who oppress the traveler, and who have not feared me, says the Lord of hosts.Malachi 3:5
Number of the word / term Widow in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 23:14 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you consume the houses of widows, praying long prayers. Because of this, you shall receive the greater judgment.Matthew 23:14
Number of the word / term Widow in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Mark
Mark 12:40 who devour the houses of widows under the pretense of long prayers. These shall receive the more extensive judgment.”Mark 12:40
Mark 12:42 But when one poor widow had arrived, she put in two small coins, which is a quarter.Mark 12:42
Mark 12:43 And calling together his disciples, he said to them: “Amen I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than all those who contributed to the offertory.Mark 12:43
Number of the word / term Widow in Mark: 3
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Luke
Luke 2:37 And then she was a widow, even to her eighty-fourth year. And without departing from the temple, she was a servant to fasting and prayer, night and day.Luke 2:37
Luke 4:25 In truth, I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when a great famine had occurred throughout the entire land.Luke 4:25
Luke 4:26 And to none of these was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.Luke 4:26
Luke 7:12 Then, when he had drawn near to the gate of the city, behold, a deceased person was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.Luke 7:12
Luke 18:3 But there was a certain widow in that city, and she went to him, saying, ‘Vindicate me from my adversary.’Luke 18:3
Luke 18:5 yet because this widow is pestering me, I will vindicate her, lest by returning, she may, in the end, wear me out.’ ”Luke 18:5
Luke 20:47 who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayers. These will receive the greater damnation.”Luke 20:47
Luke 21:2 Then he also saw a certain widow, a pauper, putting in two small brass coins.Luke 21:2
Luke 21:3 And he said: “Truly, I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than all the others.Luke 21:3
Number of the word / term Widow in Luke: 9
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Acts
Acts 6:1 In those days, as the number of disciples was increasing, there occurred a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were treated with disdain in the daily ministration.Acts 6:1
Acts 9:39 Then Peter, rising up, went with them. And when he had arrived, they led him to an upper room. And all the widows were standing around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and garments that Dorcas had made for them.Acts 9:39
Acts 9:41 And offering her his hand, he lifted her up. And when he had called in the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.Acts 9:41
Number of the word / term Widow in Acts: 3
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 7:8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows: It is good for them, if they would remain as they are, just as I also am.1 Corinthians 7:8
Number of the word / term Widow in 1 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 5:3 Honor those widows who are true widows.1 Timothy 5:3
1 Timothy 5:4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let her first learn to manage her own household, and to fulfill, in turn, her own obligation to her parents; for this is acceptable before God.1 Timothy 5:4
1 Timothy 5:5 But she who is truly a widow and is destitute, let her hope in God, and let her be urgent in supplications and prayers, night and day.1 Timothy 5:5
1 Timothy 5:9 Let a widow be chosen who is no less than sixty years of age, who was the wife of one husband,1 Timothy 5:9
1 Timothy 5:11 But avoid the younger widows. For once they have flourished in Christ, they will want to marry,1 Timothy 5:11
1 Timothy 5:16 If any among the faithful have widows, let him minister to them and not burden the Church, so that there may be enough for those who are true widows.1 Timothy 5:16
Number of the word / term Widow in 1 Timothy: 6
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book James
James 1:27 This is religion, clean and undefiled before God the Father: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulations, and to keep yourself immaculate, apart from this age.James 1:27
Number of the word / term Widow in James: 1
Bible passages with ‘Widow’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 18:7 As much as she has glorified herself and lived in pleasure, so much so give to her torment and grief. For in her heart, she has said: ‘I am enthroned as queen,’ and, ‘I am not a widow,’ and, ‘I shall not see sorrow.’Revelation 18:7
Number of the word / term ‘Widow’ in Revelation: 1
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Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 80
