“You must not afflict any widow or orphan.

you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them.

Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.

They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.

May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!

We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.

They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest’s widow.

He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.

the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;

If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.

Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.”

and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

“But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.

who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

When you beat your olive tree you must not repeat the procedure; the remaining olives belong to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.