All scriptural quotations are from the World English Bible available at http://www.ebible.org/Bible/WEB/.

1. Pure And Undefiled Religion (James 1:26-27)
2. AFFLICTIONS OF FATHERLESSNESS AND WIDOWHOOD
3. Widows And The Fatherless Are Vulnerable (Exodus 22:22-24)
4. Yahweh Executes Justice For The Fatherless And Widows (Deuteronomy 10:12-22)
5. A Husband Should Provide His Wife And Children With Their Needs (Deuteronomy 10:12-22)
6. Widows And The Fatherless Are Generally Among The Economically Disadvantaged Of Society (Deuteronomy 14:27-29)
7. Show Concern For The Disadvantaged (Deuteronomy 16:10-15)
8. Provide For The Disadvantaged Within Your Geographic Area (Deuteronomy 16:10-15)
9. Show Compassion On The Economically Disadvantaged (Deuteronomy 24:17-22)
10. Do Not Take As Pledge The Basic Needs Of The Economically Disadvantaged (Deuteronomy 24:17-22)
11. Yahweh Blesses Those Who Provide For The Needy (Deuteronomy 26:12-15)
12. Cursed Are Those Who Oppress The Needy (Deuteronomy 27:19)
13. The Unjust Make Merchandise Of The Needy (Job 6:27)
14. Those Who Fail To Show Compassion On The Needy Are Cursed (Job 22:9-11)
15. How The Wicked Mercilessly Exploit The Needy (Job 24:1-12)
16. The Portion Of A Wicked Man With Yahweh (Job 27:13-23)
17. The Widows Of A Wicked Man Make No Lamentation Over Him (Job 27:13-23)
18. The Widows Of Wicked Priests Make No Lamentation Over Them (Psalm 78:51-64)
19. The Wicked Murder The Needy (Psalm 94)
20. Why Some Become Widows And Fatherless And Suffer Affliction (Psalm 109:1-20)
21. Judge The Fatherless And Plead For The Widow (Isaiah 1:10-19)
22. The Unrighteous Do Not Judge The Fatherless Nor Receive The Cause Of Widows (Isaiah 1:21-26)
23. The Unrighteous Prey Upon Widows And The Fatherless (Isaiah 10:1-4)
24. Widowhood And Loss Of Children Is A Punishment Yahweh Effects Upon A Wicked Woman (Isaiah 47:8-11)
25. The Wicked Do Not Plead The Cause Of The Needy Nor Judge Their Right (Jeremiah 5:19-31)
26. Don't Oppress The Needy (Jeremiah 7:1-20)
27. Yahweh Punishes The Households Of The Wicked With Widowhood And Fatherlessness (Jeremiah 15:1-9)
28. Yahweh Makes Widows Of The Wives Of The Wicked (Jeremiah 18:11-23)
29. Deliver The Needy From The Clutches Of Their Oppressors (Jeremiah 22:1-5)
30. Yahweh Punished Sinning Jerusalem With Widowhood (Lamentations 1:1-9)
31. Lamentations Of The Fatherless (Lamentations 5:1-18)
32. Oppressing The Needy Is An Abomination (Ezekiel 22:1-16)
33. Execute True Judgment And Show Kindness And Compassion To The Needy (Zechariah 7:8-14)
34. Yahweh Will Punish Those Who Oppress The Needy At The Time Of The Coming Of The Messenger Of The Covenant (Malachi 3:1-6)
35. Some Hypocrites Prey Upon Widows (Matthew 23:13)
36. HOW THE AFFLICTED ARE VISITED
37. How Yahweh Visited Sarah In Her Childlessness (Genesis 21:1-3)
38. How Yahweh Was To Visit The Children Of Israel While They Were In Egypt (Genesis 50:22-26)
39. How I AM WHO I AM Was Visiting The Children Of Israel In Their Affliction In Egypt (Exodus 3:13-22)
40. The Children Of Israel Believed That Yahweh Had Visited Them In Their Affliction (Exodus 4:29-31)
41. Joseph's Prophecy Concerning Yahweh Visiting The Children Of Israel In Egypt Was Fulfilled (Exodus 13:17-19)
42. How Yahweh Visited Hannah In Her Childlessness (1 Samuel 2:20-21)
43. An Effect Of Yahweh's Visitation (Job 10:11-12)
44. Yahweh Judges The Fatherless And The Oppressed (Psalm 10:12-18)
45. Yahweh Is A Father Of The Fatherless And A Defender Of Widows (Psalm 68:5-6)
46. Receive Into Your Family Those Who Are Lonely (Psalm 68:5-6)
47. Receive A Widow Into Your Family As An Additional Wife (Psalm 68:5-6)
48. Yahweh Has Provided For Widows Being Received Into Families As Additional Wives (Deuteronomy 25:5-10)
49. How To Deal With The Weak And The Needy (Psalm 82:3-4)
50. Yahweh's Visits Are Accompanied By Actions (Psalm 104:4-5)
51. Yahweh's Visitations Upon The Oppressed And The Needy (Psalm 146)
52. Yahweh Defends The Right Of The Widow (Proverbs 15:25)
53. Yahweh Defends The Needy (Proverbs 23:10-11)
54. Yahweh Allows The Widows And Fatherless Of The Wicked To Suffer (Isaiah 9:8-21)
55. Yahweh's Visits Are Accompanied By Actions (Isaiah 23:14-18)
56. How Yahweh Will Take As Wife A Widow In Shame And Reproach (Isaiah 54)
57. A Forsaken Wife Is Effectively A Widow (Isaiah 54)
58. It Is A Reproach For A Woman To Be Without A Husband (Isaiah 3:18-4:1)
59. Yahweh Will Fabulously Provide For His Wife Previously A Widow (Isaiah 54:11-17)
60. Shepherds Should Visit Yahweh's Flock By Taking Good Care Of Them (Jeremiah 23:1-2)
61. The Time Of Visitation Is A Time For Action (Jeremiah 27:19-22)
62. The Manner Yahweh Was To Visit Judah In Captivity Was By Freeing Her From Captivity (Jeremiah 29:10-14)
63. Zedekiah Was To Remain In Babylon Until The Time Of Yahweh's Visitation Upon Him (Jeremiah 32:1-5)
64. The Needy Should Place Their Trust In Yahweh (Jeremiah 49:11-13)
65. In Yahweh The Fatherless Finds Mercy (Hosea 14:1-3)
66. Yahweh Will Restore The Remnant Of Judah At The Time Of Her Visitation (Zephaniah 2:1-7)
67. Yahweh Was To Greatly Uplift The House Of Judah At The Time Of Her Visitation From Him (Zechariah 10:3-5)
68. Yahweh Visited His People Israel By Working Redemption For Them (Luke 1:67-79)
69. Yahweh Visited His People By Sending Them A Great Prophet Working Good Works And Mighty Deeds (Luke 7:11-17)
70. Yahweh Visited The Gentiles By Taking Out Of Them A People For His Name (Acts 15:12-21)
71. CASES CONCERNED WITH THE FATHERLESS AND WIDOWS
72. Tamar And The House Of Judah (Genesis 38)
73. The Lonely Are Vulnerable To Sexual Temptation (Genesis 38)
74. A Widow Should, Wherever Possible, Not Remain Without A Husband (Genesis 38)
75. Lonely Women Are Liable To Being Abused By Those Who Prey Upon Such Women (Genesis 38)
76. A Childless Widow Can Be Received Back Into Her Father's House (Leviticus 22:10-13)
77. Naomi And Ruth And The House Of Elimelech (Ruth 1)
78. A Book About Desolate Widows (Ruth 1)
79. How Yahweh Visited His People In Their Affliction Of Famine (Ruth 1)
80. Naomi Understood Yahweh's Law As Applied To Childless Widows (Ruth 1)
81. Naomi Also Understood The Nature Of Women (Ruth 1)
82. Naomi Understood That It Is Not Inappropriate For A Man To Marry A Woman Old Enough To Be Her Mother (Ruth 1)
83. Even Elderly Widows Hope For A Husband (Ruth 1)
84. Naomi's Affliction Of Desolation And Economic Deprivation (Ruth 1)
85. Naomi, Boaz And Ruth (Ruth 2)
86. Boaz Provided Ruth With Both Sustenance And Protection (Ruth 2)
87. Why Boaz Was Favourable Towards Ruth (Ruth 2)
88. Did Yahweh Command Boaz And Ruth To Meet? (Ruth 2)
89. Naomi Advises Ruth To Propose To Boaz That He Becomes Her Husband (Ruth 3)
90. It Is Not Inappropriate For A Woman To Propose To A Man That He Marries Her (Ruth 3)
91. It Is Not Inappropriate For A Woman To Become Wife To A Man Old Enough To Be Her Father (Ruth 3)
92. The Respective Ages Of A Man And A Woman Are Irrelevant In Determining Their Appropriateness For Marriage (Ruth 3)
93. A Widow Who Perceives That She Should Be A Particular Man's Wife Should So Propose To Him (Ruth 3)
94. How Boaz Secured Ruth As His Wife (Ruth 4)
95. Did Yahweh Command That Boaz And Ruth Be Married? (Ruth 4)
96. How Yahweh Visited Naomi And Ruth In Their Affliction Of Widowhood (Ruth 4)
97. Visit Widows In Their Affliction (Ruth 4)
98. David Did Not Forsake To Provide For And Protect His Concubines (2 Samuel 20:3)
99. Elijah And The Widow In Zarephath (1 Kings 17:8-16)
100. The Widow Commanded Of Yahweh Did Not Consciously Know That Yahweh Had Commanded Her (1 Kings 17:8-16)
101. Yahweh Chooses Which Afflicted Ones To Visit In Their Affliction (1 Kings 17:8-16)
102. How Yahweh Further Showed Compassion On The Widow In Zarephath (1 Kings 17:17-24)
103. How Mordecai Showed Compassion Upon Hadassah (Esther 2:5-7)
104. Fatherless Esther Honoured Her Adoptive Father (Esther 2:20)
105. Esther Continued In The Good Teaching Received From Her Adoptive Father Even After Leaving His House (Esther 4:10-12)
106. Yahweh Rewards Those Who Show Compassion Upon The Needy (Esther 9:4)
107. Mordecai Remained Concerned For The Needy Even After His Exaltation (Esther 9:20-22)
108. Yahweh Has Power And Capacity To Turn Evil Into Good (Esther 9:20-22)
109. Job's Good Works For The Needy (Job 29:1-20)
110. Job's Compassion Upon The Needy (Job 31:16-23)
111. A Righteous Man Pronounces A Curse To His Own Hurt (Job 31:16-23)
112. Job Was A Father To The Fatherless (Job 31:16-23)
113. Was Job A Husband To Widows? (Job 31:16-23)
114. Yahweh Blessed Job For His Good Works (Job 31:16-23)
115. Yahweh Greatly Values The Offerings Of The Needy (Mark 12:38-44)
116. Widows Should Serve Yahweh With Fastings And Prayers Night And Day (Luke 2:36-38)
117. Yahweh Chose The Widow From Zarephath For Special Compassion (Luke 4:22-27)
118. Yah'shuah's Compassion For A Childless Widow (Luke 7:11-17)
119. Compassion Is Backed Up With Actions (Luke 7:11-17)
120. Vulnerable Widows Are Exploited By The Unrighteous (Luke 18:1-8)
121. The Early Disciples Provided For Widows (Acts 6:1-2)
122. Tabitha And The Widows At Joppa (Acts 9:36-42)
123. Paul's Personal Opinion To Widows And Other Unmarried Women (1 Corinthians 7:6-9)
124. Paul's Teaching Concerning Widows (1 Timothy 5:3-16)
125. Paul Distinguished Between Two Types Of Widows (1 Timothy 5:3-16)
126. Provide For Those Of Your Household (1 Timothy 5:3-16)
127. Paul's Teaching To Timothy Different From His Teaching To The Corinthians (1 Timothy 5:3-16)
128. CONCLUSION (James 1:26-27)

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