1 Timothy 5:4

New Revised Standard Version

If a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some repayment to their parents; for this is pleasing in God's sight.

Cross References

Genesis 47:12

And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

Genesis 47:28

Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.

Job 18:19

They have no offspring or descendant among their people, and no survivor where they used to live.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children rise up and call her happy; her husband too, and he praises her:

Isaiah 14:22

I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, offspring and posterity, says the Lord.

Luke 2:51

Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart.

1 Timothy 2:3

This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

1 Timothy 5:16

If any believing woman has relatives who are really widows, let her assist them; let the church not be burdened, so that it can assist those who are real widows.

Titus 1:11

they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what it is not right to teach.

Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys; he judged Israel eight years.

Ruth 2:18

She picked it up and came into the town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gleaned. Then she took out and gave her what was left over after she herself had been satisfied.

Ruth 2:2

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain, behind someone in whose sight I may find favor.” She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”