Sermon Tone Analysis

Widows and the Church

18 wHe executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

22 pYou shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

29 And the Levite, because ghe has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that ithe LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

17 v“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, wor take a widow’s garment in pledge, 18 but xyou shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.

20 When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again.

It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.

21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward.

It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.

22 xYou shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.

12 “When you have finished paying all hthe tithe of your produce in the third year, which is ithe year of tithing, giving it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your towns and be filled, 13 then you shall say before the LORD your God, ‘I have removed the sacred portion out of my house, and moreover, I have given it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all your commandment that you have commanded me.

I have not transgressed any of your commandments, jnor have I forgotten them.

9 eThe LORD watches over the sojourners;

fhe upholds the widow and the fatherless,

but gthe way of the wicked he brings to ruin.