1 Timothy 5:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

But she who is truly a widow and is destitute, let her hope in God, and let her be urgent in supplications and prayers, night and day.

Cross References

Psalm 91:4

upon the ten strings, upon the psaltery, with a canticle, upon stringed instruments.

Isaiah 12:2

Behold, God is my savior, I will act faithfully, and I will not be afraid. For the Lord is my strength and my praise, and he has become my salvation."

Isaiah 3:26

And her gates will grieve and mourn. And she will sit on the ground, desolate.

Isaiah 49:21

And you will say in your heart: "Who has conceived them? I was barren and unable to give birth. I was taken away and held captive. And so, who has raised them? I was destitute and alone. And so, where have they been?"

Isaiah 50:10

Who is there among you who fears the Lord? Who hears the voice of his servant? Who has walked in darkness, and there is no light in him? Let him hope in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon his God.

Isaiah 54:1

Give praise, you who are barren and unable to conceive. Sing praise and make a joyful noise, you who have not given birth. For many are the children of the desolate, more so than of her who has a husband, says the Lord.

Lamentations 1:13

MEM. From on high, he has sent fire into my bones, and he has educated me. He has spread a net for my feet; he has turned me back. He has placed me in desolation, consumed by grief, all day long.

Luke 18:1

Now he also told them a parable, that we should continually pray and not cease,

Luke 18:7

So then, will not God grant the vindication of his elect, who cry out to him day and night? Or will he continue to endure them?

Luke 2:37

And then she was a widow, even to her eighty-fourth year. And without departing from the temple, she was a servant to fasting and prayer, night and day.

Acts 26:7

It is the Promise that our twelve tribes, worshiping night and day, hope to see. About this hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews.

Acts 6:1

In those days, as the number of disciples was increasing, there occurred a murmuring of the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were treated with disdain in the daily ministration.

Acts 9:39

Then Peter, rising up, went with them. And when he had arrived, they led him to an upper room. And all the widows were standing around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and garments that Dorcas had made for them.

Acts 9:41

And offering her his hand, he lifted her up. And when he had called in the saints and the widows, he presented her alive.

Romans 1:12

specifically, to be consoled together with you through that which is mutual: your faith and mine.

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and Apostleship, for the sake of his name, for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles,

1 Corinthians 7:32

But I would prefer you to be without worry. Whoever is without a wife is worried about the things of the Lord, as to how he may please God.

1 Corinthians 7:34

And the unmarried woman and the virgin think about the things that are of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit. But she who is married thinks about the things that are of the world, as to how she may please her husband.

Ephesians 6:18

Through every kind of prayer and supplication, pray at all times in spirit, and so be vigilant with every kind of earnest supplication, for all the saints,

Philippians 4:6

Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.

1 Timothy 2:1

And so I beg you, first of all, to make supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings for all men,

1 Timothy 5:16

If any among the faithful have widows, let him minister to them and not burden the Church, so that there may be enough for those who are true widows.

1 Timothy 5:3

Honor those widows who are true widows.

2 Timothy 1:3

I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day,

1 Peter 3:5

For in this way, in past times also, holy women adorned themselves, hoping in God, being subject to their own husbands.

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord repay you for your work, and may you receive a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you have come, and under whose wings you have taken refuge."