Acts 9:39

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:24

Women of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and in finery, covered your clothing with ornaments of gold.

Proverbs 10:7

The memory of the just serves as blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Anything you can turn your hand to, do with what power you have; for there will be no work, no planning, no knowledge, no wisdom in Sheol where you are going. The Time of Misfortune Is Not Known.

Matthew 17:17

Jesus said in reply, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him here to me.”

Matthew 26:11

The poor you will always have with you; but you will not always have me.

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could. She has anticipated anointing my body for burial.

Luke 24:44

He said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.”

John 12:8

You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”

John 17:12

When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled.

Acts 1:13

When they entered the city they went to the upper room where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

Acts 20:35

In every way I have shown you that by hard work of that sort we must help the weak, and keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus who himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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 8:2

Devout men buried Stephen and made a loud lament over him.

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.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, it is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have;

Ephesians 4:28

The thief must no longer steal, but rather labor, doing honest work with his [own] hands, so that he may have something to share with one in need.

1 Thessalonians 1:3

calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father,

1 Thessalonians 4:13

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

1 Timothy 5:3

Honor widows who are truly widows.

1 Timothy 5:5

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

1 John 3:18

Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. Confidence Before God.