1 Timothy 5:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give honour to widows who are truly widows.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
  • Deut 10:18 : 18 Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.
  • Deut 14:29 : 29 And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.
  • Deut 16:11 : 11 Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.
  • Deut 16:14 : 14 You are to keep the feast with joy, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • Acts 6:1 : 1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.
  • Acts 9:39 : 39 And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.
  • 1 Tim 5:2 : 2 To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.
  • 1 Tim 5:4-5 : 4 But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God. 5 Now she who is truly a widow and without family puts her hope in God, giving herself to prayer day and night.
  • 1 Tim 5:9-9 : 9 Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man, 10 And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works. 11 But to the younger widows say No: for when their love is turned away from Christ, they have a desire to be married;
  • 1 Tim 5:16-17 : 16 If any woman of the faith has relations who are widows, let her give them help, so that the care of them does not come on the church, and so it may give help to those who are truly widowed. 17 Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.
  • Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
  • Job 31:16 : 16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
  • Ps 68:5 : 5 A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.
  • Ps 94:6 : 6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
  • Ps 146:9 : 9 The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
  • Jer 49:11 : 11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.
  • Matt 15:6 : 6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.
  • Luke 2:37 : 37 She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.
  • Luke 7:12 : 12 Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Tim 5:4-11
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    4 But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

    5 Now she who is truly a widow and without family puts her hope in God, giving herself to prayer day and night.

    6 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.

    7 Give orders to this effect, so that no evil may be said of anyone.

    8 If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

    9 Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,

    10 And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.

    11 But to the younger widows say No: for when their love is turned away from Christ, they have a desire to be married;

  • 1 Tim 5:16-17
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    16 If any woman of the faith has relations who are widows, let her give them help, so that the care of them does not come on the church, and so it may give help to those who are truly widowed.

    17 Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

  • 1 Tim 5:1-2
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    1 Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

    2 To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14 So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

  • Lam 5:3
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    3 We are children without fathers, our mothers are like widows.

  • Titus 2:2-5
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    2 That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

    3 That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,

    4 Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,

    5 To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

  • Jas 1:27
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    27 The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

  • 1 Pet 3:5
    71%

    5 And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:

  • Luke 21:3
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    3 And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them:

  • 1 Tim 3:11-12
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    11 Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

    12 Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.

  • Exod 22:22
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    22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

  • 3 John 1:5-6
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    5 My loved one, you are doing a good work in being kind to those brothers who come from other places;

    6 Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:

  • 1 Pet 5:1
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    1 I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:

  • Job 22:9
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    9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

  • Jer 49:11
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    11 Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

  • Titus 1:6
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    6 Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

  • Num 30:9
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    9 But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

  • Deut 5:16
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    16 Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • 1 Tim 2:10
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    10 But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.

  • Job 31:16
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    16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

  • Deut 25:5
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    5 If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.

  • Luke 4:25
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    25 Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;

  • Luke 18:3
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    3 And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

  • 1 Cor 7:8
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    8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

  • Eph 6:2-3
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    2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

    3 So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.

  • Lev 19:32
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    32 Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

  • Eph 5:22
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    22 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

  • Ps 68:5
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    5 A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

  • 1 Pet 3:3
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    3 Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;

  • Deut 24:17
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    17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Eph 5:33
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    33 But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

  • Prov 5:9
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    9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

  • 1 Tim 3:2
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    2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

  • 1 Pet 3:8
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    8 Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:

  • Mark 12:43
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    43 And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box: