Acts 9:39

Good News Translation

So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, he was taken to the room upstairs, where all the widows crowded around him, crying and showing him all the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made while she was alive.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:24

“Women of Israel, mourn for Saul! He clothed you in rich scarlet dresses and adorned you with jewels and gold.

Proverbs 10:7

Good people will be remembered as a blessing, but the wicked will soon be forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead—and that is where you are going.

Matthew 17:17

Jesus answered, “How unbelieving and wrong you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy here to me!”

Matthew 26:11

You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.

Mark 14:8

She did what she could; she poured perfume on my body to prepare it ahead of time for burial.

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, “These are the very things I told you about while I was still with you: everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the writings of the prophets, and the Psalms had to come true.”

John 12:8

You will always have poor people with you, but you will not always have me.”

John 17:12

While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost—so that the scripture might come true.

Acts 1:13

They entered the city and went up to the room where they were staying: Peter, John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Patriot, and Judas son of James.

Acts 20:35

I have shown you in all things that by working hard in this way we must help the weak, remembering the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, ‘There is more happiness in giving than in receiving.’”

Acts 6:1

Some time later, as the number of disciples kept growing, there was a quarrel between the Greek-speaking Jews and the native Jews. The Greek-speaking Jews claimed that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of funds.

Acts 8:2

Some devout men buried Stephen, mourning for him with loud cries.

Acts 9:41

Peter reached over and helped her get up. Then he called all the believers, including the widows, and presented her alive to them.

2 Corinthians 8:12

If you are eager to give, God will accept your gift on the basis of what you have to give, not on what you don't have.

Ephesians 4:28

If you used to rob, you must stop robbing and start working, in order to earn an honest living for yourself and to be able to help the poor.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

For we remember before our God and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love made you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

Our friends, we want you to know the truth about those who have died, so that you will not be sad, as are those who have no hope.

1 Timothy 5:3

Show respect for widows who really are all alone.

1 Timothy 5:5

A widow who is all alone, with no one to take care of her, has placed her hope in God and continues to pray and ask him for his help night and day.

1 John 3:18

My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.