1 Timothy 5:3

Modern English Version

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

Cross References

Job 29:13

The blessing of the perishing man came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Job 31:16

“If I have kept the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Psalm 146:9

The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

Psalm 68:5

A father of the fatherless and a protector of the widows is God in His holy habitation.

Psalm 94:6

They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Jeremiah 49:11

Leave your fatherless children behind. I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in Me.

Matthew 15:6

will be free from honoring his father or his mother.’ So you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against men. For you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.

Luke 2:37

And she was a widow of about eighty-four years of age who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fasting and prayer night and day.

Luke 7:12

When He came near the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him and said concerning him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

Acts 6:1

Now in those days, as the disciples were multiplied, there was murmuring among the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were overlooked in the daily distribution.

Acts 9:39

Peter rose up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Acts 9:41

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

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes the judgment of the orphan and the widow and loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 14:29

Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come and shall eat and be satisfied, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

Deuteronomy 16:11

You shall rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who are among you—in the place where the Lord your God has chosen to place His name.

Deuteronomy 16:14

and you shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow who are within your gates.

Deuteronomy 27:19

“Cursed is he who perverts justice for the foreigner, orphan, and widow.” And all the people shall say, “Amen.”

1 Thessalonians 2:6

Nor did we seek glory from men, either from you, or from others, even though we might have made demands as the apostles of Christ.

1 Timothy 5:2

the elder women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, with complete purity.

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

1 Peter 2:17

Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

1 Peter 3:7

Likewise, you husbands, live considerately with your wives, giving honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they too are also heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.