1 Timothy 5:3

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Summary

1 Timothy 5:3

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

Honour

Widows

Indeed

1 Timothy 5:4

Luke 2:37

John 1:47

Bible References

Honour

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

"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you.

need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

nor seeking glory from people, neither from you nor from others.

Honor all [people], love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king.

Husbands, in the same way live with [your wives] {knowledgeably}, as with the weaker female vessel, showing [them] honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Widows

Let a widow be put on the list [if she] is not less than sixty years [old], the wife of one husband,

[And he] executes justice for the orphan and widow, and [he is] one who loves [the] alien, to give to them food and clothing.

And [so] the Levite may come, because there is no plot of ground for him or an inheritance with you, and the alien [also may come] and the orphan and the widow that [are] in your {towns}, and {they may eat their fill}, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all [of] the work of your hand that you undertake."

And you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you and your son and your daughter and your slave and your slave woman and the Levite that [is] in your {towns} and the alien and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst in the place that Yahweh your God will choose to let his name dwell there.

'Cursed be the one who deprives [the] alien, [the] orphan, and [the] widow of justice.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

[The] blessing of [the] wretched came upon me, and I caused [the] widow's heart to sing for joy.

"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,

A father to orphans and a judge for widows [is] God in his holy habitation.

They kill widow and stranger, and they murder orphans,

Yahweh protects [the] strangers. He helps up [the] orphan and [the] widow, but [the] way of [the] wicked he {thwarts}.

Leave your orphans. I will let [them] live. And your widows, let them trust in me."

And as he approached the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, his mother's only son, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

Now in these days, [as] the disciples were increasing [in number], a complaint arose by the {Greek-speaking Jews} against the {Hebraic Jews} because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution [of food].

So Peter got up [and] accompanied them. [When he] arrived, they brought [him] up to the upstairs room, and all the widows came to him, weeping and showing [him] tunics and [other] clothing that Dorcas used to make [while she] was with them.

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Indeed

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, "Look! {A true Israelite} in whom is no deceit!"