Sentences with phrase «widows and orphans when»

When life insurance was first used in the 1800s, it was designed to help widows and orphans when the head of the household passed on.

When life insurance was first used in the 1800s, it was designed to help widows and orphans when the head of the household passed on.

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When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be left for the alien, the orphan, and the widow, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your undertakings.

When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year (which is the year of the tithe), giving it to the Levites, the aliens, the orphans, and the widows, so that they may eat their fill within your towns, then you shall say before the Lord your God: «I have removed the sacred portion from the house, and I have given it to the Levites, the resident aliens, the orphans, and the widows, in accordance with your entire commandment that you commanded me; I have neither transgressed nor forgotten any of your commandments» — NRSV Deuteronomy 26:10 - 13

Though flung far across this tilted and spun world, studying the serving ways of Jesus — Charles brims when he gets to this part in the story — he carried in his heart the faces of the orphaned, widowed and homeless of the Rwandan genocide, and he and his wife, Florence, scrounged and squirrelled every penny to begin sponsoring vulnerable children to attend school in Rwanda.

When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not glean what is left; it shall be for the alien, the orphan, and the widow.

When you beat your olive trees, do not strip what is left; it shall be for the alien, the orphan, and the widow.

Strategy becomes idolatry, for ancient Israel and for us today, when we make alliances with those who seem to offer strength — the chariots of Egypt, the vassal kings of Rome — at the expense of our dependence on God who judges all nations, and in defiance of God's manifest concern for the stranger, the widow, the orphan, and the oppressed.

The whole quandary really reached a climax when I visited India, where I spent enough time with orphans, widows, and AIDS patients to realize that Americans have a skewed view of blessings.

But whereas Ark Encounter aims to fulfill this mission by drawing people in through its turnstiles, I tend to think we experience and share God's presence best when we weep with those who weep, care for the orphans and the widows, and love our neighbors as ourselves.

Thus arose chivalry; when the young noble reached man's estate and formally assumed his arms, the Church blessed his sword with the prayer that he would devote it to the defense of widows, orphans, and the servants of God.

Also, we must help out the poor, the orphans, and the widows (just to name a few), and when we do, we combine that with the giving of the gospel because regardless of their physical needs, we recognize that there is an even greater need — and that one is spiritual in nature.

In the first two chapters of the letter, James points out instances of hypocrisy When we say we have faith but do not care for the widow and orphan, what kind of faith are we confessing?

He gives all he can to the widows and orphans and his heart breaks when his purse is empty and there is no more to share.

Well Bird, there may come a time when page proofs, author's alterations, and widows and orphans are rendered obsolete, but for the vast majority of people publishing today, they are all too real, involving real delays, real money and real work.

Some of the most common mistakes authors and publishers make when it comes to interior book design include omitting hyphens, incorrect margin size, imperfect justification, and allowing widow / orphan lines of text.

The picture that many people have in mind when they think about the stereotypical debt collector is a hard - hearted scoundrel of melodrama infamy, threatening to throw widows and orphans into the street because the rent is overdue.