1 Timothy 5:4

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But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show respect within their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

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  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ 6 they are not to honor their father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:11-13 : 11 But you say, 'If anyone says to his father or mother, "Whatever help you might have received from me is Corban"' (that is, devoted to God), 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother. 13 You nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."
  • John 19:26-27 : 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son." 27 Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
  • 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
  • Gen 45:10-11 : 10 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near me—you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have. 11 I will provide for you there, because there are still five years of famine to come, so that neither you, your household, nor anything that belongs to you will fall into poverty.
  • Ruth 2:2 : 2 Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields and gather leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor." Naomi said to her, "Go ahead, my daughter."
  • Ruth 2:18 : 18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gleaned. Ruth also brought out and gave Naomi what she had leftover after she had eaten her fill.
  • 1 Sam 22:3-4 : 3 From there, David went to Mizpeh in Moab and said to the king of Moab, 'Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.' 4 So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.
  • Job 18:19 : 19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, nor any survivor where he once lived.
  • Prov 31:28 : 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also praises her.
  • Isa 14:22 : 22 'I will rise up against them,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,' declares the LORD.
  • Gen 47:12 : 12 Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household according to the number of their children.
  • Gen 47:28 : 28 Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years, and the years of his life were one hundred and forty-seven in total.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. 2 "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may go well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Tim 5:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but appeal to him as you would to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,

    2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.

    3Honor widows who are truly widows.

  • 1 Tim 5:5
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    5The widow who is truly alone and desolate has placed her hope in God and continues in prayers and petitions night and day.

  • 1 Tim 5:7-11
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    76%

    7Command these things so that they may be above reproach.

    8If anyone does not provide for their own, and especially for their own household, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.

    9A widow should be enrolled only if she is at least sixty years old and has been faithful to one husband,

    10and is well known for her good works: if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in affliction, and devoted herself to every good work.

    11But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their physical desires draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry,

  • 1 Tim 5:16-17
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    75%

    16If any believing man or woman has widows, let them help them and not let the church be burdened, so that it may assist those who are truly widows.

    17The elders who lead well should be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14Therefore, I desire that younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

  • Titus 2:2-5
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    2Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance.

    3Likewise, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things.

    4They are to encourage the young women to love their husbands and children,

    5to be self-controlled, pure, committed to their homes, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God may not be slandered.

  • Eph 6:1-4
    4 verses
    71%

    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.

    2"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),

    3so that it may go well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

    4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 3:4-5
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    4He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity.

    5(For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

  • Prov 17:6
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    6Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Deut 5:16
    69%

    16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well for you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Titus 1:6
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    6An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who are not accused of wild living or rebellion.

  • Matt 15:4-5
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    4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

    5But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

  • Jas 1:27
    68%

    27Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

  • Col 3:20
    68%

    20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

  • Lev 21:2
    68%

    2Except for a close relative, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, or his brother.

  • Eph 5:1
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    1Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.

  • 1 Tim 3:12
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    12Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their households well.

  • Titus 3:14
    67%

    14Our people must learn to devote themselves to good works to meet urgent needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Prov 1:8
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    8Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

  • 2 Cor 12:14
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    14Look, I am ready to come to you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you. For I do not seek what is yours, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

  • Prov 23:22
    66%

    22Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Exod 20:12
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    12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Deut 25:5
    66%

    5If brothers live together and one of them dies without a son, the dead man's wife must not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her brother-in-law is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.

  • Lam 5:3
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    3We have become orphans, without a father; our mothers are like widows.

  • Exod 22:22
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    22If you do afflict them and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12so that you may conduct yourselves properly toward outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.

  • 3 John 1:5-6
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    5Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.

    6They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

  • Prov 4:1
    66%

    1Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father; pay attention so you may gain understanding.

  • Lev 19:32
    66%

    32Stand up in the presence of the elderly, show respect for the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

  • Job 8:4
    65%

    4If your children have sinned against Him, He gave them over to the consequences of their transgressions.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
    65%

    7to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, love.

  • Jer 49:11
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    11Leave your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in me.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
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    7Reject worldly and silly myths, and instead, train yourself in godliness.