She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,
Honor widows who are truly widows.
and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands,
If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.
I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.
praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”
and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband.
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,
to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king!
“From on high he sent fire; into my bones he made it descend; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all the day long.
“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.
Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
Then you will say in your heart: ‘Who has borne me these? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and put away, but who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; from where have these come?’”
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
And her gates shall lament and mourn; empty, she shall sit on the ground.
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