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Bible Verses About Widow

62 verses · 5 aspects

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  1. But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they so continue, even as I.

  2. But if they do not contain themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to be burnt.

  3. A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband die, she is at liberty. Let her marry to whom she will: only in the Lord.

  4. Honour widows that are widows indeed.

  5. But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let her learn first to govern her own house and to make a return of duty to her parents; for this is acceptable before God.

  6. But she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, let her trust in God and continue in supplications and prayers night and day.

  7. For she that liveth in pleasures is dead while she is living.

  8. Let a widow be chosen of no less than threescore years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband.

  9. Having testimony for her good works, if she have brought up children, if she have received to harbour, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have ministered to them that suffer tribulation, if she have diligently followed every good work.

  10. But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:

  11. Having damnation, because they have made void their first faith.

  12. If any of the faithful have widows, let him minister to them, and let not the church be charged: that there may be sufficient for them that are widows indeed.