1 Timothy 5:3

Easy To Read Version

Give honor to (take care of) widows {\cf2\super [22]} who are really alone.

Cross References

Job 29:13

The person that was dying blessed me.\par I helped widows {\cf2\super [60]} that were in need.\par

Job 31:16

“I have never refused to help poor people.\par I always gave widows what they needed.\par

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects strangers {\cf2\super [647]} in our country.\par The Lord cares for widows {\cf2\super [648]} and orphans. {\cf2\super [649]} \par But the Lord destroys bad people.\par

Psalm 68:5

In his holy temple,\par God is like a father to orphans. {\cf2\super [390]} \par God takes care of widows. {\cf2\super [391]} \par

Psalm 94:6

Those bad people kill widows\par and foreigners living in our country.\par They murder children that have no parents.\par

Exodus 20:12

“You must honor (respect) your father and your mother. Do this so you will have a full life in the land that the Lord your God gives you.

Jeremiah 49:11

No person will be left\par to care for his children.\par His wives will have no one to depend on.”\par

Matthew 15:6

You teach that person to not honor his father. So you teach that it is not important to do what God said. You think that it is more important to follow those rules you have.

Matthew 23:13

“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [333]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [334]} You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter.

Luke 2:37

Then her husband died and she lived alone. She was now 84 years old. Anna was always at the temple; she never left. She worshiped God by fasting {\cf2\super [40]} and praying day and night.

Luke 7:12

When Jesus came near the town gates, he saw a funeral. A mother, who was a widow, {\cf2\super [127]} had lost her only son. Many people from the town were there with the mother while her son was being carried out.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him. Jesus said, “This man coming is truly one of God’s people. {\cf2\super [31]} There is nothing false in him.”

Acts 6:1

More and more people were becoming followers of Jesus. But during this same time, the Greek-speaking followers had an argument with the other Jewish followers. They said that their widows {\cf2\super [107]} were not getting their share of the things that the followers received every day.

Acts 9:39

Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows {\cf2\super [198]} stood around Peter. They were crying. They showed Peter the coats and other clothes that Dorcas (Tabitha) had made when she was still alive.

Acts 9:41

He gave her his hand and helped her stand up. Then he called the believers {\cf2\super [199]} and the widows into the room. He showed them Tabitha; she was alive!

Deuteronomy 10:18

He helps children that have no parents. He helps widows. [63] He loves even the strangers in our country. He gives them food and clothes.

Deuteronomy 14:29

This food is for the Levites, [94] because they don’t have any land of their own. This food is also for other people in your towns that need it. That food is for foreigners, widows, and children that have no parents. If you do this, then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Go to the place the Lord will choose to be his special house. You and your people should enjoy yourselves together there with the Lord your God. Take all your people with you—your sons, your daughters, and all your servants. Also, take the Levites, [101] foreigners, orphans, [102] and widows [103] living in your towns.

Deuteronomy 16:14

Enjoy yourselves at this festival—you, your sons, your daughters, all your servants, and the Levites, [106] foreigners, orphans, [107] and widows [108] living in your towns.

Deuteronomy 27:19

“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that does not give fair judgment for the foreigners, orphans, [177] and widows [178] !’

1 Thessalonians 2:6

We were not looking for praise from people. We were not looking for praise from you or any other people.

1 Timothy 5:2

Treat the older women like mothers. And treat the younger women with respect like sisters.

James 1:27

The kind of religion (worship) that God accepts is this: caring for orphans {\cf2\super [2]} or widows {\cf2\super [3]} who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world’s \{evil\} influence. This is the kind of religion (worship) that God accepts as pure and good.

1 Peter 2:17

Show respect for all people. Love all the brothers and sisters of God’s family. Fear (respect) God, and honor the king.

1 Peter 3:7

In the same way, you husbands should live with your wives in an understanding way. You should show respect to your wives. They are weaker than you. But God gives your wives the same blessing that he gives you—the grace (kindness) that gives true life. Do these things so that nothing will trouble your prayers.