1 Timothy 5:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

Reported

3 John 1:12

If she have brought

2 Timothy 1:5

2 Timothy 3:15

If she have lodged

Washed

John 13:5

If she have relieved

Leviticus 25:35

Isaiah 1:17

Acts 9:39

General references

Leviticus 14:42

Proverbs 31:27

Bible References

Reported

He must also be well reported of among them which are without forth, lest he fall into rebuke, and into the snare of the evil speaker.

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, and full of the holy ghost and wisdom, which we may appoint to this needful business:

And they said unto him, "Cornelius the captain, a just man and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the people of the Jews, was warned by a holy angel, to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee."

And one Ananias, a perfect man, and as pertaining to the law having good report of all the Jews which there dwelt,

Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth. Yea and we ourselves also bear record, and ye know that our record is true.

If she have brought

when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice: and am assured that it dwelleth in thee also.

And forasmuch also as thou hast known holy scripture of a child, which is able to make thee wise unto salvation through the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

If she have lodged

And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, gave us audience: whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which Paul spake.

Distribute unto the necessity of the saints, and diligently to harbour.

Be not forgetful to lodge strangers. For thereby have divers received angels into their houses unawares.

Be ye harborous, one to another, and that without grudging.

Washed

Let a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

And he said, "See lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house; and tarry all night and wash your feet, and rise up early and go on your ways." And they said, "Nay, but we will bide in the streets all night."

And then the man came in to the house: and he unbridled the camels: and brought litter and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and their feet that were with him,

and she stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with ointment.

After that, poured he water into a basin, and began to wash his disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was gird.

If she have relieved

"'If thy brother be waxed poor and fallen in decay with thee, receive him as a stranger or a sojourner, and let him live by thee.

Study to do righteously, and help the oppressed. Avenge the fatherless and defend the cause of widows. Come, let us show each his grief to other and make an atonement, saith the LORD.

Peter arose and came with them: And when he was come, they brought him into the chamber, and all the widows stood round about him weeping and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.

General references

And let them take other stones and put them in the places of those stones, and other mortar, and plaster the house withal.

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not her bread with idleness.