1 Timothy 5:5

New American Bible - revised edition

The real widow, who is all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

Cross References

Psalm 91:4

He will shelter you with his pinions, and under his wings you may take refuge; his faithfulness is a protecting shield.

Isaiah 12:2

God indeed is my salvation; I am confident and unafraid. For the Lord is my strength and my might, and he has been my salvation.

Isaiah 3:26

Her gates will lament and mourn, as the city sits desolate on the ground.

Isaiah 49:21

You shall ask yourself: “Who has borne me these, when I was bereft and barren? Exiled and repudiated, who has reared them? I was left all alone; where then do these come from?”

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the Lord, heeds his servant’s voice? Whoever walk in darkness, without any light, Yet trust in the name of the Lord and rely upon their God!

Isaiah 54:1

Raise a glad cry, you barren one who never bore a child, break forth in jubilant song, you who have never been in labor, For more numerous are the children of the deserted wife than the children of her who has a husband, says the Lord.

Lamentations 1:13

From on high he hurled fire down into my very bones; He spread out a net for my feet, and turned me back. He has left me desolate, in misery all day long.

Luke 18:1

Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said,

Luke 18:7

Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them?

Luke 2:37

and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.

Acts 26:7

Our twelve tribes hope to attain to that promise as they fervently worship God day and night; and on account of this hope I am accused by Jews, O king.

Acts 6:1

At that time, as the number of disciples continued to grow, the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.

Acts 9:39

So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs where all the widows came to him weeping and showing him the tunics and cloaks that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Acts 9:41

He gave her his hand and raised her up, and when he had called the holy ones and the widows, he presented her alive.

Romans 1:12

that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by one another’s faith, yours and mine.

Romans 1:5

Through him we have received the grace of apostleship, to bring about the obedience of faith, for the sake of his name, among all the Gentiles,

1 Corinthians 7:32

I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:34

and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is anxious about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in both body and spirit. A married woman, on the other hand, is anxious about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Ephesians 6:18

With all prayer and supplication, pray at every opportunity in the Spirit. To that end, be watchful with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones

Philippians 4:6

Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.

1 Timothy 2:1

First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone,

1 Timothy 5:16

If any woman believer has widowed relatives, she must assist them; the church is not to be burdened, so that it will be able to help those who are truly widows. Rules for Presbyters.

1 Timothy 5:3

Honor widows who are truly widows.

2 Timothy 1:3

I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day.

1 Peter 3:5

For this is also how the holy women who hoped in God once used to adorn themselves and were subordinate to their husbands;

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward what you have done! May you receive a full reward from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.”