Verse 3
and{G1161} there was{G2258} a widow{G5503} in{G1722} that{G1565} city;{G4172} and{G2532} she came{G2064} oft unto{G4314} him,{G846} saying,{G3004} Avenge{G1556} me{G3165} of{G575} mine{G3450} adversary.{G476}
Referenced Verses
- Isa 1:17 : 17 learn{H3925} to do well;{H3190} seek{H1875} justice,{H4941} relieve{H833} the oppressed,{H2541} judge{H8199} the fatherless,{H3490} plead{H7378} for the widow.{H490}
- Isa 1:21-23 : 21 How is the faithful{H539} city{H7151} become a harlot!{H2181} she that was full{H4392} of justice!{H4941} righteousness{H6664} lodged{H3885} in her, but now murderers.{H7523} 22 Thy silver{H3701} is become dross,{H5509} thy wine{H5435} mixed{H4107} with water.{H4325} 23 Thy princes{H8269} are rebellious,{H5637} and companions{H2270} of thieves;{H1590} every one loveth{H157} bribes,{H7810} and followeth{H7291} after rewards:{H8021} they judge{H8199} not the fatherless,{H3490} neither doth the cause{H7379} of the widow{H490} come{H935} unto them.
- Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat,{H8080} they shine:{H6245} yea, they overpass{H5674} in deeds{H1697} of wickedness;{H7451} they plead{H1777} not the cause,{H1779} the cause of the fatherless,{H3490} that they may prosper;{H6743} and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge.{H8199}
- Luke 18:7-8 : 7 And{G1161} shall{G1557} not{G3364} God{G2316} avenge{G1557} his{G846} elect,{G1588} that{G3588} cry{G994} to{G4314} him{G846} day{G2250} and{G2532} night,{G3571} and [yet]{G2532} he is longsuffering{G3114} over{G1909} them?{G846} 8 I say{G3004} unto you,{G5213} that{G3754} he will{G4160} avenge{G1557} them{G846} {G1722} speedily.{G5034} Nevertheless, when{G4133} the Son{G5207} of man{G444} cometh,{G2064} shall{G687} he find{G2147} faith{G4102} on{G1909} the earth?{G1093}
- Rom 13:3-4 : 3 For{G1063} rulers{G758} are{G1526} not{G3756} a terror{G5401} to{G2041} the good{G18} work,{G2041} but{G235} to{G2041} the evil.{G2556} And wouldest thou{G2309} have no{G3361} fear of{G5399} the power?{G1849} do{G4160} that which is good,{G18} and{G2532} thou shalt have{G2192} praise{G1868} from{G1537} the same:{G846} 4 for{G1063} he is{G2076} a minister{G1249} of God{G2316} to thee{G4671} for{G1519} good.{G18} But{G1161} if{G1437} thou do{G4160} that which is evil,{G2556} be afraid;{G5399} for{G1063} he beareth{G5409} not{G3756} the sword{G3162} in vain:{G1500} for{G1063} he is{G2076} a minister{G1249} of God,{G2316} an avenger{G1558} for wrath{G3709} to{G1519} him that doeth{G4238} evil.{G2556}
- Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed{H779} be he that wresteth{H5186} the justice{H4941} [due] to the sojourner,{H1616} fatherless,{H3490} and widow.{H490} And all the people{H5971} shall say,{H559} Amen.{H543}
- 2 Sam 14:5-9 : 5 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered,{H559} Of a truth{H61} I{H802} am a widow,{H490} and my husband{H376} is dead.{H4191} 6 And thy handmaid{H8198} had two{H8147} sons,{H1121} and they two{H8147} strove together{H5327} in the field,{H7704} and there was none to part{H5337} them, but the one{H259} smote{H5221} the other,{H259} and killed{H4191} him. 7 And, behold, the whole family{H4940} is risen{H6965} against thy handmaid,{H8198} and they say,{H559} Deliver{H5414} him that smote{H5221} his brother,{H251} that we may kill{H4191} him for the life{H5315} of his brother{H251} whom he slew,{H2026} and so destroy{H8045} the heir{H3423} also. Thus will they quench{H3518} my coal{H1513} which is left,{H7760} and will leave{H7760} to my husband{H376} neither name{H8034} nor remainder{H7611} upon{H6440} the face of the earth.{H127} 8 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto the woman,{H802} Go{H3212} to thy house,{H1004} and I will give charge{H6680} concerning thee. 9 And the woman{H802} of Tekoa{H8621} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} My lord,{H113} O king,{H4428} the iniquity{H5771} be on me, and on my father's{H1} house;{H1004} and the king{H4428} and his throne{H3678} be guiltless.{H5355} 10 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Whosoever saith{H1696} aught unto thee, bring{H935} him to me, and he shall not touch{H5060} thee any more.{H3254} 11 Then said{H559} she, I pray thee, let the king{H4428} remember{H2142} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} that the avenger{H1350} of blood{H1818} destroy{H7843} not any more,{H7235} lest they destroy{H8045} my son.{H1121} And he said,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} there shall not one hair{H8185} of thy son{H1121} fall{H5307} to the earth.{H776} 12 Then the woman{H802} said,{H559} Let thy handmaid,{H8198} I pray thee, speak{H1696} a word{H1697} unto my lord{H113} the king.{H4428} And he said,{H559} Say on.{H1696} 13 And the woman{H802} said,{H559} Wherefore then hast thou devised{H2803} such a thing against the people{H5971} of God?{H430} for in speaking{H1696} this word{H1697} the king{H4428} is as one that is guilty,{H818} in that the king{H4428} doth not fetch home again{H7725} his banished{H5080} one. 14 For we must needs{H4191} die,{H4191} and are as water{H4325} spilt{H5064} on the ground,{H776} which cannot be gathered up again;{H622} neither doth God{H430} take away{H5375} life,{H5315} but deviseth{H2803} means,{H4284} that he that is banished{H5080} be not an outcast{H5080} from him. 15 Now therefore seeing that I am come{H935} to speak{H1696} this word{H1697} unto my lord{H113} the king,{H4428} it is because the people{H5971} have made me afraid:{H3372} and thy handmaid{H8198} said,{H559} I will now speak{H1696} unto the king;{H4428} it may be that the king{H4428} will perform{H6213} the request{H1697} of his servant.{H519} 16 For the king{H4428} will hear,{H8085} to deliver{H5337} his servant{H519} out of the hand{H3709} of the man{H376} that would destroy{H8045} me and my son{H1121} together{H3162} out of the inheritance{H5159} of God.{H430} 17 Then thy handmaid{H8198} said,{H559} Let, I pray thee, the word{H1697} of my lord{H113} the king{H4428} be comfortable;{H4496} for as an angel{H4397} of God,{H430} so is my lord{H113} the king{H4428} to discern{H8085} good{H2896} and bad:{H7451} and Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} be with thee. 18 Then the king{H4428} answered{H6030} and said{H559} unto the woman,{H802} Hide{H3582} not from me, I pray thee, aught{H1697} that I shall ask{H7592} thee. And the woman{H802} said,{H559} Let my lord{H113} the king{H4428} now speak.{H1696} 19 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Is the hand{H3027} of Joab{H3097} with thee in all this? And the woman{H802} answered{H6030} and said,{H6030} As thy soul{H5315} liveth,{H2416} my lord{H113} the king,{H4428} none{H376} can{H786} turn to the right hand{H3231} or to the left{H8041} from aught that my lord{H113} the king{H4428} hath spoken;{H1696} for thy servant{H5650} Joab,{H3097} he bade{H6680} me, and he put{H7760} all these words{H1697} in the mouth{H6310} of thy handmaid;{H8198} 20 to{H5668} change{H5437} the face{H6440} of the matter{H1697} hath thy servant{H5650} Joab{H3097} done{H6213} this thing:{H1697} and my lord{H113} is wise,{H2450} according to the wisdom{H2451} of an angel{H4397} of God,{H430} to know{H3045} all things that are in the earth.{H776} 21 And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Joab,{H3097} Behold now, I have done{H6213} this thing:{H1697} go{H3212} therefore, bring{H7725} the young man{H5288} Absalom{H53} back.{H7725} 22 And Joab{H3097} fell{H5307} to the ground{H776} on his face,{H6440} and did obeisance,{H7812} and blessed{H1288} the king:{H4428} and Joab{H3097} said,{H559} To-day{H3117} thy servant{H5650} knoweth{H3045} that I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} my lord,{H113} O king,{H4428} in that the king{H4428} hath performed{H6213} the request{H1697} of his servant.{H5650} 23 So Joab{H3097} arose{H6965} and went{H3212} to Geshur,{H1650} and brought{H935} Absalom{H53} to Jerusalem.{H3389} 24 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Let him turn{H5437} to his own house,{H1004} but let him not see{H7200} my face.{H6440} So Absalom{H53} turned{H5437} to his own house,{H1004} and saw{H7200} not the king's{H4428} face.{H6440}
- Job 22:9 : 9 Thou hast sent{H7971} widows{H490} away empty,{H7387} And the arms{H2220} of the fatherless{H3490} have been broken.{H1792}
- Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing{H1293} of him that was ready to perish{H6} came{H935} upon me; And I caused the widow's{H490} heart{H3820} to sing for joy.{H7442}