Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Grecians
Hebrews
Their
Bible References
When
Acts 6:7
So the word of God continued to spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem continued to grow rapidly. Even a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.
Acts 2:41
So those who welcomed his message were baptized. That day about 3,000 people were added to their number.
Acts 4:4
But many of those who heard their message believed, and the men grew to number about 5,000.
Acts 5:14
Nevertheless, believers were being added to the Lord in increasing numbers both men and women.
Psalm 72:16
May grain be abundant in the land all the way to the mountain tops; may its fruits flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and may the cities sprout like the grass of the earth.
Psalm 110:3
Your soldiers are willing volunteers on your day of battle; in majestic holiness, from the womb, from the dawn, the dew of your youth belongs to you.
Isaiah 27:6
In times to come, Jacob will take root, and Israel will blossom, sprout shoots, and fill the whole world with fruit.
Jeremiah 30:19
Thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter will come out of them. I'll cause them to increase in numbers and not decrease. I'll honor them and not make them insignificant.
There
1 Corinthians 10:10
You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were annihilated by the destroyer.
Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
James 4:5
Or do you think the Scripture means nothing when it says that the Spirit that God caused to live in us jealously yearns for us?
James 5:9
Do not complain about each other, brothers, or you will be condemned. Look! The Judge is standing at the door!
Grecians
Acts 9:29
He kept talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews, but they were bent on murdering him.
Acts 11:20
But among them were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began proclaiming the Lord Jesus even to the Hellenistic Jews.
Hebrews
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelis? So am I. Are they among Abraham's descendants? So am I.
Philippians 3:5
Having been circumcised on the eighth day, I am of the nation of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. As far as the Law is concerned, I was a Pharisee.
Their
Acts 9:39
So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they took him upstairs. All the widows gathered around Peter, crying and showing him all the shirts and coats Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
Deuteronomy 24:19
"When you are reaping in the field, and you overlook a sheaf, don't return to get it. Let it remain for the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless everything you undertake.
Deuteronomy 26:12
"When you have finished your harvest, reserve the tithe in the third year (the year of the tithe), and give the entire tithe to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows, so they may eat and be satisfied in your cities.
Job 29:13
Those who were about to die blessed me, and I made widows sing for joy.
Job 31:16
"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to practice what is good; seek justice, alleviate oppression, defend orphans in court, and plead the widow's case.
Ezekiel 22:7
They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.
Malachi 3:5
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Matthew 23:14
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You devour widows' houses and say long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation!
1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God's sight.
James 1:27
A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.