Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God comaunded, saying: honour father and mother, and he that curseth father or mother, let hym dye the death. 5 But ye say, whosoeuer shall say to father or mother: by the gyft that is offered of me, thou shalt be helped: 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.
  • Mark 7:11-13 : 11 But ye say, yf a man shall say to father or mother Corban (that is, by the gyft) that is offred of me, thou shalt be helped. 12 And so ye suffer hym no more to do ought for his father or his mother. 13 And make the worde of God of none effect, through your tradition, which ye haue ordeyned. And many such thinges do ye.
  • John 19:26-27 : 26 Whe Iesus therfore sawe his mother and the disciple standyng by, whom he loued, he saith vnto his mother: Woman, beholde thy sonne. 27 Then sayde he to the disciple, beholde thy mother. And from that houre, the disciple toke her vnto his owne.
  • 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 For that is good and accepted in the syght of God our sauiour,
  • Gen 45:10-11 : 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gosen and be a neyghbour vnto me, thou, & thy chyldren, and thy chyldrens children, thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast. 11 And there wyll I prouide thee sustenaunce (for there remaine yet fiue yeres of dearth) lest thou and thy housholde, & all that thou hast come to pouertie.
  • Ruth 2:2 : 2 And Ruth the Moabitesse sayd vnto Naomi: Let me nowe go to the fielde, & gather eares of corne after any man in whose sight I finde grace. And she sayde vnto her: Go my daughter.
  • Ruth 2:18 : 18 And she toke it vp, and went into the citie: and when her mother in lawe had seene what she had gathered, she plucked out also, & gaue to her that she had reserued when she had eaten enough.
  • 1 Sam 22:3-4 : 3 And Dauid went thence to Mispah in the land of Moab, and sayde vnto the king of Moab: Let my father and my mother (I pray thee) come foorth vnto you, till I knowe what God wyl do for me. 4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the whyle that Dauid kept him selfe in the holde.
  • Job 18:19 : 19 He shall neither haue children nor kinsfolkes among his people, no nor any posteritie in his dwellinges.
  • Prov 31:28 : 28 Her children arise vp & call her blessed: and her husbande shall make much of her.
  • Isa 14:22 : 22 I wyll stande vp agaynst them saith the Lorde of hoastes, and roote out the name and remnaunt, sonne and sonnes sonne of Babylon saith the Lorde.
  • Gen 47:12 : 12 And Ioseph made prouision for his father and his brethren, and all his fathers housholde with bread: euen to the mouthes of the young chyldren.
  • Gen 47:28 : 28 Moreouer Iacob lyued in the lande of Egypt seuenteene yeres, so that ye whole age of Iacob was an hundred and fourtie and seuen yeres.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 And he had fourtie sonnes, and thirtie neuewes, that rode on threscore and ten asse coltes: And when Abdon the sonne of Hellel the Pharathonite had iudged Israel eight yeres,
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Chyldren, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lorde: for this is ryght. 2 Honour thy father and mother (whiche is the first commaundement in promise) 3 That thou mayest prosper, and lyue long on earth.
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 And he went downe with them, and came to Nazareth, & was obedient vnto them: But his mother kepte all these sayinges in her heart.