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Acts 9:39
Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them. (niv)
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Acts 4:35
and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need. (niv)
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Acts 2:41
Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. (niv)
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Acts 2:47
praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. (niv)
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James 5:9
Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door! (niv)
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Acts 9:29
He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews, but they tried to kill him. (niv)
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Acts 5:14
Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. (niv)
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Philippians 3:5
circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; (niv)
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Acts 6:7
So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith. (niv)
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Acts 11:20
Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. (niv)
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Acts 9:41
He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. (niv)
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Acts 4:4
But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand. (niv)
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Psalms 72:16
May grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. May the crops flourish like Lebanon and thrive like the grass of the field. (niv)
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Isaiah 27:6
In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit. (niv)
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Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 11 22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I. (niv)
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Malachi 3:5
“ So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty. (niv)
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Jeremiah 30:19
From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will add to their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will bring them honor, and they will not be disdained. (niv)
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Hebrews 13:1
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. (niv)
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Matthew 23:13
“ Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. (niv)
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Job 29:13
The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 26:12
When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. (niv)
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Job 31:16
“ If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary, (niv)
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Deuteronomy 24:19-21
When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. (niv)
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James 1:27
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. (niv)
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Acts 2:45
They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. (niv)
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Acts 5:28
“ We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said.“ Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.” (niv)
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Psalms 110:3
Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb. (niv)
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Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 10 10
And do not grumble, as some of them did— and were killed by the destroying angel. (niv)
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James 4:5
Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us? (niv)
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1 Timothy 5 9
No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, (niv)
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1 Timothy 5 4-1 Timothy 5 5
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help. (niv)