- Character of true

Lu 2:37; 1Ti 5:5,10



- 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



- Exhorted to trust in God

Jer 49:11



- 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



. 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