Luke 2:37

World English Bible (2000)

and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

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  • 1 Tim 5:5 : 5 Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.
  • Acts 14:23 : 23 When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
  • Acts 26:7 : 7 which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
  • Acts 13:3 : 3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
  • Rev 3:12 : 12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name.
  • Rev 7:15 : 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.
  • Exod 38:8 : 8 He made the basin of brass, and its base of brass, out of the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
  • 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
  • Ps 22:2 : 2 My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
  • Ps 23:6 : 6 Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh's house forever. A Psalm by David.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to see Yahweh's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
  • Ps 84:4 : 4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Ps 92:13 : 13 They are planted in Yahweh's house. They will flourish in our God's courts.
  • Ps 135:1-2 : 1 Praise Yah! Praise the name of Yahweh! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh, 2 you who stand in the house of Yahweh, in the courts of our God's house.
  • Luke 5:33 : 33 They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"

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  • 36 There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

  • 38 Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

  • 5 Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

  • 1 Tim 5:9-10
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    9 Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

    10 being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

  • Luke 21:2-4
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    2 He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.

    3 He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,

    4 for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

  • Luke 1:7-8
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    7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

    8 Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,

  • 53 and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

  • 25 But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.

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    42 A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.

    43 He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,

    44 for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on."

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    10 She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept bitterly.

    11 She vowed a vow, and said, "Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head."

    12 It happened, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli saw her mouth.

    13 Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

  • 26 She said, "Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.

  • 23 It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.

  • Luke 18:2-3
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    2 saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man.

    3 A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'

  • 29 "Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;

  • 10 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

  • 14 He said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old."

  • Acts 9:39-41
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    39 Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

    40 Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, get up!" She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

    41 He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

  • 36 Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

  • Acts 9:36-37
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    36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.

    37 It happened in those days that she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.

  • 11 Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.

  • 3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

  • 5 yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"

  • 22 But Hannah didn't go up; for she said to her husband, "Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and stay there forever."

  • 2 a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

  • 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

  • 18 She said, "Let your handmaid find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more.

  • 12 Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.

  • 25 Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

  • 18 Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."

  • 30 Cornelius said, "Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

  • 9 She said to her husband, "See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.

  • 3 Honor widows who are widows indeed.

  • 43 A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,

  • 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

  • 15 Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.

  • 7 [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of Yahweh, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

  • 2 The woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines seven years.