“The word widow appears to have had a most significant meaning to our Lord. He cautioned his disciples to beware the example of the scribes, who feigned righteousness by their long apparel and their lengthy prayers, but who devoured the houses of widows. (See Luke 20:46–47.)
“To the Nephites came the direct warning, ‘I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against … those that oppress … the widow.’ (3 Ne. 24:5.)
“And to the Prophet Joseph Smith he directed, ‘The storehouse shall be kept by the consecrations of the church; and widows and orphans shall be provided for, as also the poor.’ (D&C 83:6.)” (Monson, “The Fatherless and the Widows,” 70).