1 Timothy 5:3

New King James Version

Honor widows who are really widows.

Cross References

Job 29:13

The blessing of a 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 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, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation.

Psalm 94:6

They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.

Exodus 20:12

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

Jeremiah 49:11

Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; And let your widows trust in Me.”

Matthew 15:6

then he need not honor his father or mother.’ Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Luke 2:37

and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Luke 7:12

And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man 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 toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”

Acts 6:1

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution.

Acts 9:39

Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Acts 9:41

Then 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 administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 14:29

And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates, may come and eat and be satisfied, 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 and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.

Deuteronomy 16:14

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

Deuteronomy 27:19

‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, 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, when we might have made demands as apostles of Christ.

1 Timothy 5:2

older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

1 Peter 2:17

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

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.