Some scripture references/categories courtesy of Open Bible. It was founded and funded by women of passion who saw the plight and sufferings of indigent widows, orphans and vulnerable persons living in a large society having minimal love for them. Most of the Old Testament miracles are directly related to saving the whole people of Israel, but each of these encounters God takes time to care for these.
In 1 Timothy, Paul lays out more detailed instructions for how to care for widows (1 Timothy 5:116). Caring for those in distress is not optional for followers of Christ. If a verse or topic does not belong, please contact us. VIRTUOUS WOMEN WIDOWS CARE INITIATIVE is a resourceful and dynamic non profit INITIATIVE incorporated under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Hagar and Ishmael, Ruth and Naomi, the widows of Zarephath and Shunem these widows and orphans have some of the most personal and intimate encounters with God in all of scripture. In the New Testament, James says that taking care of the needs of orphans and widows is part of religion pure and faultless (James 1:27). Topics and verses are auto-generated from user searches. Psalms 82:3 - Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.Īcts 6:1 - And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.Įxodus 22:22-23 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
James 1:27 - Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.ġ Timothy 5:8 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.ĭeuteronomy 15:7-11 - If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: (Read More.)ĭeuteronomy 24:17-21 - Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: (Read More.)ġ Timothy 5:1-25 - Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father and the younger men as brethren (Read More.)ġ Timothy 5:9 - Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,ĭeuteronomy 14:28-29 - At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: (Read More.) 1 Timothy 5:3-4 - Honour widows that are widows indeed.