Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

Bible References

And all

Acts 9:41
Peter lent her his hand, and lift her up; and having called the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
Acts 8:2
and some devout men who carried Stephen to his burial, making great lamentation over him.
1 Thessalonians 4:13
Now I would not have you, my brethren, be mistaken about the state of the dead, lest you should be as greatly afflicted as those, who have no hope.

And shewing

Acts 9:36
At Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, that is in Greek, Dorcas: this woman was very active in all the offices of benevolence and charity.
Acts 20:35
my constant example has shown you that the disabled should be assisted by your labours, remembring the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, "it is a greater happiness to give than to receive."
Matthew 25:36
naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye took care of me: I was in prison, and ye visited me.
Matthew 26:11
ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.
Mark 14:8
she has done what she could: she has perfum'd my body previously to my burial.
John 12:8
the poor you will always have with you; but me you will not always have.
2 Corinthians 8:12
for what a man gives with a ready mind, according to his abilities, is well received; but not when he goes beyond his circumstances.
Ephesians 4:28
let him that stole, steal no more: but rather let him labour, to encrease his fortune with his own hands, that he may have wherewithal to relieve the needy:
1 Thessalonians 1:3
never forgetting the effects of your faith, your charitable offices, and the constancy of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ; of which God is our witness.
James 2:15
suppose one of your brethren should be destitute of cloths, and of his daily nourishment,
1 John 3:18
my dear children, let not our love be only in the language of our lips, but in the real effects of the heart.

While

Matthew 17:17
upon which Jesus answered, incredulous and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?
Luke 24:44
then he said, this is what I told you, while I was yet with you, that what has been written concerning me in the law of Moses, in the prophets, and in the psalms, must be all accomplished.
John 17:12
by your authority I have kept them, during my being with them in the world: those that you gave me I have kept, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition: according as the scripture foretold.