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Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
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John Chrysostom

AD 407
If you must visit someone, prefer to pay honor to orphans, widows and those in want rather than those who enjoy reputation and fame. - "Baptismal Instructions 6.12"

John Chrysostom

AD 407
Do you see the great importance God places on mercy and of standing up for those who have been treated unjustly? We should pursue these good works, and by the grace of God will we receive the blessings to come. - "On the Epistle to the Hebrews 12.4"

John Chrysostom

AD 407
If you have pity on the widow, your sins are washed away. - "Homilies on 1 Corinthians 23.6"

Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220
God offers a brief summary through the prophet Isaiah of the honor that widows enjoy in the sight of God.… The Father defends these two types of people [widows and orphans] through divine mercy in proportion to their being destitute of human aid. Look how the widow’s benefactor is put on a level with the widow herself, whose champion shall “reason with the Lord.” - "To His Wife 8"

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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