SBW-IV Syllabus                                                  SBW-32

BIBLE WOMEN

LESSON 32

Of the Old Testament

The Jewish Age

Coronation to the Division

120 Years; 1 Sam 10 to 1 Kings 12

 

WIDOWS OF THE BIBLE

 

GOD IS THEIR PROTECTOR:

1.  Widows and the fatherless were not to be what (Ex 22:22)?

      A.  If they cry out under affliction, what will God do (Ex 22:23)?

      B.  What would be the fourfold punishment (Ex 22:24)?

2.  What was not to be wrested from the widows (Deut 27:19)?

      A.  Who was to see that justice was given them (Deut 10:17-18)?

      B.  What was not to be taken from her, as a pledge (Deut 24:17)?

3.  Job’s benevolence brought what to the widows (Job 29:13)?

4.  What is God to the fatherless and widow (Ps 68:5)?

      A.  Whom does he always uphold (Ps 146:9)?

      B.  He will establish the borders of whom (Pro 15:25b)?

 

GOD’S PROVISION FOR THEM:

1.  Who was to share the tithe of Israel (Deut 26:12)?

2.  Who was to share the joys of the annual feast (Deut 16:11)?

3.  In gleaning the fields, what provisions were made (Deut 24:19)?

      A.  What well-known widow gleaned with the reapers (Ruth 2:8)?

      B.  What rich provisions did the owner of the field make for her (Ruth 2:14-16)?

4.  On what condition was Israel to dwell in the land (Jer 7:6-7)?

      A.  Who was to be delivered from the oppressors (Jer 22:3)?

      B.  Memorize Isaiah 1:16-17.

 

MISCELLANEOUS:

1.  The priests were not to marry whom (Lev 21:12-15)?

2.  Whose vow was to stand (Num 30:9)?

3.  Of what was Job falsely accused (Job 22:9)?

      A.  In turn, of what did Job accuse his enemies (Job 24:3)?

      B.  What did David say the wicked did (Ps 94:6)?

      C.  What is the attitude of widows toward wicked husbands (Job 27:15; Ps 78:64)?

4.  How desperately wicked did the princes come to be (Isa 1:23)?

      A.  What woes were pronounced upon such oppressors (Isa 10:1-2)?

      B.  What did the scribes and Pharisees do (Lk 20:47)?

5.  How were the miseries of captivity featured (Lam 1:1, 5:3)?

6.  How was the heinous crime of Judas pictured (Ps 109:8-9)?  How does Luke verify this prediction (Acts 1:20)?

7.  Hiram, the master workman, was the son of whom (1 Kings 7:13-14)?

 

YOUNGER WIDOWS:

1.  Who of them were to marry (1 Cor 7:8-9)? To whom were the Christians to be married (1 Cor 7:39)?

2.  When do the younger, often, want to marry (1 Tim 5:11)?

      A.  Why are they condemned (1 Tim 5:12)?

      B.  What do they learn to do (1 Tim 5:13)?

3.  Therefore, what should younger widows do (1 Tim 5:14)?

      A.  To assist in this, what are aged women to do (Tit 2:4-5)?

      B.  If this is not done, what will follow (1 Tim 5:15)?

 

WIDOWS INDEED: 

1.  Who were to be highly honored (1 Tim 5:3)?

      A.  Who is a widow indeed (1 Tim 5:5)?

      B.  What about the one given to pleasure (1 Tim 5:6)?

2.   First of all, who is to provide for widows (1 Tim 5:4)?

      A.  Why should relatives provide for these widows (1 Tim 5:16)?

      B.  How does God view relatives who will not provide for their own (1 Tim 5:8)?

3.  On what conditions were the churches to care for widows (1 Tim 5:9-10)?

      A.  What church made provisions for widows (Acts 4:34)?

      B.  Who cared for so many widows (Acts 9:36, 39)?

      C.  What is pure religion (James 1:27)?