Acts 9:41

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud, but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

and laid them at the apostles’ feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,

But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose.

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

All who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!”

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.

He made him ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, “Bow the knee!” He set him over all the land of Egypt.

One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.

Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your offspring also.”

He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”

I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

He devours the barren who don’t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.

Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

It will happen in that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and those who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt, shall come; and they will worship Yahweh in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

Leave your fatherless children. I will preserve them alive. Let your widows trust in me.”

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.

But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, “Child, arise!”

Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Now I beg you, brothers—you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints—

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? So am I.

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

Honor widows who are widows indeed.

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” His heart fainted, for he didn’t believe them.

You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

You shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment and bless you. It shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.

You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “Behold, your son lives.”

When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.

He said, “Take it.” So he put out his hand and took it.

If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.

the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.

Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions,

What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?

Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.

“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.

He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she served them.

When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.

Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha cumi!” which means, being interpreted, “Girl, I tell you, get up!”

But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.

Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus on the way.

who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

Now when he came 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.

He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.

While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

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

These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn’t believe them.

saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”

As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!”

Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

He took him by the right hand and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.

As Peter went throughout all those parts, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

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.

They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.

I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.

that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.

Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.