He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
⛓ Read Deuteronomy 10 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'Honor widows who are widows indeed' rests on the pervasive Torah concern for the widow, here grounded in God who 'executes justice for the fatherless and the widow.' The church's obligation to honor genuine widows continues God's own care for the defenseless.
High confidenceGod 'executes justice for the fatherless and the widow.' James grounds pure religion in imitating the God who defends orphans and widows, a defining mark of Israel's covenant ethics.
High confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The LORD 'executes justice for the orphan and the widow.' The presenting crisis of Acts 6 is widows being neglected in the daily distribution; the church's corrective embodies Torah's persistent demand that the covenant community secure justice for widows. Thematic, not verbal.
Low confidence