1 Timothy 5:5

New English Translation

But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.

Cross References

Psalm 91:4

He will shelter you with his wings; you will find safety under his wings. His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.

Isaiah 12:2

Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”

Isaiah 3:26

Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will think to yourself, ‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’”

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

Isaiah 54:1

“Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

Lamentations 1:13

He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long. נ (Nun)

Luke 18:1

Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

Luke 18:7

Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

Luke 2:37

She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

Acts 26:7

a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, Your Majesty!

Acts 6:1

Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

Acts 9:39

So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

Acts 9:41

He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive.

Romans 1:12

that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.

Romans 1:5

Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

1 Corinthians 7:32

And I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:34

and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

Ephesians 6:18

With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints.

Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.

1 Timothy 2:1

First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people,

1 Timothy 5:16

If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.

1 Timothy 5:3

Honor widows who are truly in need.

2 Timothy 1:3

I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day.

1 Peter 3:5

For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward your efforts! May your acts of kindness be repaid fully by the Lord God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!”