Verse 3

Honour wydowes, whiche are wydowes in deede.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy dayes may be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth thee.
  • Deut 10:18 : 18 He doth right vnto the fatherlesse and wydowe, and loueth the straunger, to geue hym foode and rayment.
  • Deut 14:29 : 29 And the Leuite whiche hath no part nor inheritaunce with thee, shal come, and the straunger, the fatherlesse, & the widowe whiche are within thy gates shall eate and be filled, that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in al ye workes of thyne hande whiche thou doest.
  • Deut 16:11 : 11 And thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy sonne, thy daughter, thy seruaunt, and thy mayde, & the Leuite that is within thy gates, and the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the widdowe that are among you, in the place which the Lorde thy God hath chosen, to put his name there.
  • Deut 16:14 : 14 And thou shalt reioyce in thy feast, thou and thy sonne, thy daughter, thy seruaunt, and thy mayde, the Leuite, the straunger, and the fatherlesse, & the widdowe, that are within thy gates.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he that hindreth the ryght of the straunger, fatherlesse, and widdowe: & all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Acts 6:1 : 1 And in those dayes, when the number of ye disciples grewe, there arose a grudge among the Grekes agaynst ye Hebrues, because their wydowes were despysed in the dayly ministerie.
  • Acts 9:39 : 39 Then Peter arose, & came with them, and when he was come, they brought hym into the vpper chamber: And all the wydowes stoode rounde about him weepyng, and shewyng the coates and garmentes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them.
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:
  • 1 Tim 5:2 : 2 The elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, in all chastitie.
  • 1 Tim 5:4-5 : 4 But yf any wydowe haue chyldren or nephewes, let them learne first to rule their owne houses godly, and to recompence also their elder kynsefolkes: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5 And she that is a wydowe in deede, and left alone, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day.
  • 1 Tim 5:9-9 : 9 Let not a wydowe be chosen vnder three score yeres olde, hauyng ben the wyfe of one man. 10 And well reported of in good workes, yf she haue brought vp chyldren, yf she haue lodged straungers, yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete, yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie, yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke. 11 But the yonger wydowes refuse: For whe they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe, they wyll marrie:
  • 1 Tim 5:16-17 : 16 Yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wydowes, let them susteine them, & let not the Churches be charged, that there maye be sufficient for them that are wydowes in deede. 17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father, is this: To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to kepe hymselfe vnspotted of the worlde.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honour all men. Loue brotherly felowship. Feare God. Honour the kyng.
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Lykewyse ye husbandes dwell with them accordyng to knowledge, geuyng honour vnto the wyfe, as vnto the weaker vessell, and as vnto them that are heires also of the grace of lyfe, that your prayers be not hyndered.
  • Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
  • Job 31:16 : 16 If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:
  • Ps 68:5 : 5 He is a father of the fatherlesse, and the iudge of widdowes: he is the Lord in his holy habitation.
  • Ps 94:6 : 6 They murther the wyddowe and the straunger: & put the fatherlesse to death.
  • Ps 146:9 : 9 God taketh strangers into his custodie, he releeueth the fatherlesse and the widdowe: as for the way of the vngodlye he turneth it vpsyde downe.
  • Jer 49:11 : 11 Thou shalt leaue thy fatherlesse chyldren behynde thee, and I wyll kepe them, and thy wydowes shal take their comfort in me.
  • Matt 15:6 : 6 And so shall he not honour his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made the commaundement of God, of none effect, by your tradition.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: ye neither go in your selues, neither suffer ye them that come, to enter in.
  • Luke 2:37 : 37 And she had ben a wydowe about fourescore and foure yeres, whiche departed not from the temple, but serued God with fastynges and prayers nyght and day.
  • Luke 7:12 : 12 When he came nye to the gate of the citie, beholde, there was a dead man caryed out, which was the only sonne of his mother, and she was a widdowe: And much people of the citie was with her.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael commyng to hym, & sayeth of hym: Beholde a ryght Israelite, in whom is no guile.