1 Timothy 5:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn to practise godliness towards their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

Cross References

Genesis 47:12

And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s family with food for their dependents.

1 Timothy 2:3

This is good, and it pleases God our Saviour,

Luke 2:51

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother kept all these things in her heart.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also praises her:

Ruth 2:18

She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She brought out what she had left over from her meal and gave it to her.

Ruth 2:2

Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, ‘Will you let me go into the fields and gather fallen corn  behind someone with whom I find favour? ’ Naomi answered her, ‘Go ahead, my daughter.’

Isaiah 14:22

‘I will rise up against them’ #– #this is the declaration of the  Lord of Armies #– #‘and I will cut off from Babylon her reputation, remnant, offspring, and posterity’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.

Job 18:19

He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live.

Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon judged Israel for eight years,

Genesis 47:28

Now Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for 17 years, and his lifespan was 147 years.

1 Timothy 5:16

If any  believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it can help widows in genuine need.

Titus 1:11

It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.