1 Timothy 5:3

Honor the widows who are truly widows.

Cross References (27)

  • Deuteronomy 27:19 (9)

    ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen

  • Deuteronomy 14:29 (6)

    Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow withi

  • Acts 6:1 (6)

    In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Heb

  • Deuteronomy 10:18 (6)

    He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

  • Deuteronomy 16:11 (4)

    and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and

  • Psalms 68:5 (4)

    A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.

  • Matthew 15:6 (4)

    he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

  • 1 Timothy 5:4–5 (4)

    But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay thei

  • Exodus 20:12 (4)

    Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:6 (4)

    Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

  • 1 Timothy 5:16–17 (4)

    If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it ca

  • Deuteronomy 16:14 (4)

    And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as

  • Psalms 146:9 (4)

    The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

  • 1 Peter 2:17 (4)

    Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

  • Jeremiah 49:11 (3)

    Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”

  • Job 31:16 (3)

    If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

  • Matthew 23:13 (3)

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not

  • 1 Timothy 5:9–11 (3)

    A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,

  • Job 29:13 (3)

    The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

  • Psalms 94:6 (3)

    They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

  • 1 Peter 3:7 (3)

    Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of t

  • James 1:27 (3)

    Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to

  • Luke 2:37 (3)

    and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and pray

  • Acts 9:39 (3)

    So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, we

  • Luke 7:12 (1)

    As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. An

  • 1 Timothy 5:2 (1)

    older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

  • John 1:47 (-1)

    When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”