
God is merciful and He has great love towards the widows and orphans.W e can read it in Deuteronomy 10:18, it says He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. Now, at first glance this verse seems like a strange thing for the Bible to tell us. Fourthly, helping widows and orphans is one of the important teachings in the Bible. Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the. "They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox in pledge. Caring for the Widows and the Orphans In this week’s Torah portion, the Bible commands: Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless (Exodus 22:22). 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. "I will not leave you as orphans I will come to you." , the Bible says Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in. "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." ""You would even cast lots for the orphans And barter over your friend." As someone who wants to see vulnerable children protected, defended and cared for, this particular verse in the Bible has always been the most meaningful to me. ""You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the orphans has been crushed." Orphans and Widows in the Bible: A Crucial Connection A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows is God in God’s holy dwelling. ""They drive away the donkeys of the orphans They take the widow's ox for a pledge." In the many congregations of Jehovah’s people there are literal widows and orphans who are in need of loving attention such as is encouraged by the disciple James. "They slay the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans." 1 One of the requirements of true worship is to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation. "Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men, Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows For every one of them is godless and an evildoer, And every mouth is speaking foolishness In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out." "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows." "Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world."
