THEOSISWlastow G.K.
In Deuteronomy, it is stated that the stranger, widows, and orphans are embraced under the unique care of God.
Exodus 22:24Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
אִם־כֶּ֣סֶף ׀ תַּלְוֶ֣ה אֶת־עַמִּ֗י אֶת־הֶֽעָנִי֙ עִמָּ֔ךְ לֹא־תִהְיֶ֥ה ל֖וֹ כְּנֹשֶׁ֑ה לֹֽא־תְשִׂימ֥וּן עָלָ֖יו נֶֽשֶׁךְ׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 109 (108):9
- Jer 15:8Their widows are multiplied unto me above the sand of the sea: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young man a spoiler at noonday: I have cast a terror on a sudden upon the cities.
- Lam 5:3We are become orphans without a father: our mothers are as widows.
- Ps 69 (68):24
- Jer 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to famine, and bring them into the hands of the sword: let their wives be bereaved of children and widows: and let their husbands be slain by death: let their young men be stabbed with the sword in battle.
- Heb 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- Ps 78 (77):63
- Ps 78 (77):64