Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
Widows
Indeed
Bible References
Honour
1 Timothy 5:2
older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters -- with complete purity.
Exodus 20:12
"Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.
Matthew 15:6
he does not need to honor his father.' You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
1 Thessalonians 2:6
nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,
1 Peter 2:17
Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.
Widows
1 Timothy 5:9
No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,
Deuteronomy 10:18
who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 14:29
Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.
Deuteronomy 16:11
You shall rejoice before him -- you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you -- in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
Job 29:13
the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow's heart rejoice;
Job 31:16
If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Psalm 68:5
He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.
Psalm 94:6
They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.
Psalm 146:9
The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.
Jeremiah 49:11
Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me."
Matthew 23:14
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Luke 7:12
As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
Acts 6:1
Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
Acts 9:39
So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
Indeed
1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.
Luke 2:37
She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, "Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!"