1 Timothy 5:4

The Passion Translation

But if they have children or grandchildren at home, then it is only proper to let them provide for the ones who raised them when they were children, for kindness begins at home and it pleases God.

Cross References

Genesis 47:12

Joseph also provided his father and brothers and their families, down to their little ones, with all the food they needed.

1 Timothy 2:3

It is pleasing to our Savior-God to pray for them.

Luke 2:51

Jesus went back home with them to Nazareth and was obedient to them. His mother treasured Jesus’ words deeply in her heart.

Proverbs 31:28

Her sons and daughters arise in one accord to extol her virtues, and her husband arises to speak of her in glowing terms.

Ruth 2:18

She carried it back to town and showed her mother-in-law how much she had gleaned. Then Ruth also took out the roasted grain she had saved from mealtime and shared it with Naomi.

Ruth 2:2

One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain. Maybe someone will be kind enough to let me gather the grain he leaves behind.” Naomi said to her, “Go, my daughter.”

Isaiah 14:22

“I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies. “I will blot out the name Babylon and her survivors, her offspring and descendants,” declares the Lord Yahweh.

Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years.

Genesis 47:28

Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years and lived a total of one hundred and forty-seven years.

1 Timothy 5:16

So if any believer has a widow in their family, instruct them to support her financially so that the church will not be burdened with her care. This will leave finances available for those widows who are truly in need.

Titus 1:11

They must be silenced because they are disrupting entire families with their corrupt teachings, all for their dishonest greed.