1Tim 5:3 Cross References

1 Timothy 5:3

3: The church should care for any widow who has no one else to care for her.

Deuteronomy 16:11

  1. It is a time to celebrate before the LORD your God at the place he chooses for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your whole family, all your servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you.

Acts 9:39

  1. So Peter returned with them; and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other garments Dorcas had made for them.

Deuteronomy 10:18

  1. He gives justice to orphans and widows. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 27:19

  1. `Cursed is anyone who is unjust to foreigners, orphans, and widows.' And all the people will reply, `Amen.'

Exodus 20:12

  1. "Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God will give you.

Deuteronomy 14:29

  1. Give it to the Levites, who have no inheritance among you, as well as to the foreigners living among you, the orphans, and the widows in your towns, so they can eat and be satisfied. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all your work.

Deuteronomy 16:14

  1. This festival will be a happy time of rejoicing with your family, your servants, and with the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows from your towns.

Acts 6:1

  1. But as the believers rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. Those who spoke Greek complained against those who spoke Hebrew, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.

1 Timothy 5:4

  1. But if she has children or grandchildren, their first responsibility is to show godliness at home and repay their parents by taking care of them. This is something that pleases God very much.
  2. But a woman who is a true widow, one who is truly alone in this world, has placed her hope in God. Night and day she asks God for help and spends much time in prayer.

1 Peter 3:7

  1. In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat her with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God's gift of new life. If you don't treat her as you should, your prayers will not be heard.

Psalms 94:6

  1. They kill widows and foreigners and murder orphans.

Luke 2:37

  1. She was now eighty-four years old. She never left the Temple but stayed there day and night, worshiping God with fasting and prayer.

Jeremiah 49:11

  1. But I will preserve the orphans who remain among you. Your widows, too, will be able to depend on me for help."

Job 29:13

  1. I helped those who had lost hope, and they blessed me. And I caused the widows' hearts to sing for joy.

1 Timothy 5:9

  1. A widow who is put on the list for support must be a woman who is at least sixty years old and was faithful to her husband.
  2. She must be well respected by everyone because of the good she has done. Has she brought up her children well? Has she been kind to strangers? Has she served other Christians humbly? Has she helped those who are in trouble? Has she always been ready to do good?
  3. The younger widows should not be on the list, because their physical desires will overpower their devotion to Christ and they will want to remarry.

Matthew 23:13

  1. "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you won't let others enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and you won't go in yourselves.

1 Peter 2:17

  1. Show respect for everyone. Love your Christian brothers and sisters. Fear God. Show respect for the king.

Psalms 146:9

  1. The LORD protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.

Luke 7:12

  1. A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The boy who had died was the only son of a widow, and many mourners from the village were with her.

James 1:27

  1. Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

  1. As for praise, we have never asked for it from you or anyone else.

1 Timothy 5:16

  1. If a Christian woman has relatives who are widows, she must take care of them and not put the responsibility on the church. Then the church can care for widows who are truly alone.
  2. Elders who do their work well should be paid well, especially those who work hard at both preaching and teaching.

1 Timothy 5:2

  1. Treat the older women as you would your mother, and treat the younger women with all purity as your own sisters.

Matthew 15:6

  1. And so, by your own tradition, you nullify the direct commandment of God.

Psalms 68:5

  1. Father to the fatherless, defender of widows--this is God, whose dwelling is holy.

Job 31:16

  1. "Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows who looked to me for help?

John 1:47

  1. As they approached, Jesus said, "Here comes an honest man--a true son of Israel."
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