1 Timothy 5:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

But if any widowe haue children or nephewes, let them learne first to shewe godlinesse towarde their owne house, and to recompense their kinred: for that is an honest thing and acceptable before God.

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  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoeuer shal say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite, 6 Though hee honour not his father, or his mother, shalbe free: thus haue ye made the commaundement of God of no aucthoritie by your tradition.
  • Mark 7:11-13 : 11 But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free. 12 So ye suffer him no more to doe any thing for his father, or his mother, 13 Making the worde of God of none authoritie, by your tradition which ye haue ordeined: and ye doe many such like things.
  • John 19:26-27 : 26 And when Iesus sawe his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loued, he said vnto his mother, Woman, beholde thy sonne. 27 Then saide he to the disciple, Beholde thy mother: and from that houre, the disciple tooke her home vnto him.
  • 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 For this is good & acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour,
  • Gen 45:10-11 : 10 And thou shalt dwel in ye land of Goshen, and shalt be neere me, thou and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast. 11 Also I will nourish thee there (for yet remaine fiue yeeres of famine) lest thou perish through pouertie, thou and thy houshold, and all that thou hast.
  • Ruth 2:2 : 2 And Ruth ye Moabitesse said vnto Naomi, I pray thee, Let mee goe to the fielde, and gather eares of corne after him, in whose sight I finde fauour; she said vnto her, Goe my daughter.
  • Ruth 2:18 : 18 And she tooke it vp, & went into the citie, & her mother in law saw what she had gathered: Also she tooke foorth, and gaue to her that which she had reserued, when she was sufficed.
  • 1 Sam 22:3-4 : 3 And Dauid went thence to Mizpeh in Moab, and said vnto the King of Moab, I pray thee, let my father & my mother come and abide with you, till I knowe what God wil doe for me. 4 And he brought them before the King of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the while that Dauid was in the holde.
  • Job 18:19 : 19 Hee shall neither haue sonne nor nephewe among his people, nor any posteritie in his dwellings.
  • Prov 31:28 : 28 Her children rise vp, and call her blessed: her husband also shall prayse her, saying,
  • Isa 14:22 : 22 For I wil rise vp against them (sayth the Lorde of hostes) and will cut off from Babel the name and the remnant and the sonne, and the nephew, sayth the Lord:
  • Gen 47:12 : 12 And Ioseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his fathers houshold with bread, euen to the yong children.
  • Gen 47:28 : 28 Moreouer, Iaakob liued in the lande of Egypt seuenteene yeeres, so that the whole age of Iaakob was an hundreth fourtie and seuen yeere.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 And he had fourty sonnes and thirtie nephewes that rode on seuentie assecoltes: and he iudged Israel eight yeeres.
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father & mother (which is the first commandement with promes) 3 That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst liue long on earth.
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 Then hee went downe with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subiect to them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Tim 5:1-3
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    83%

    1Rebuke not an Elder, but exhort him as a father, and the yonger men as brethren,

    2The elder women as mothers, the yonger as sisters, with all purenesse.

    3Honour widowes, which are widowes in deede.

  • 1 Tim 5:5
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    5And shee that is a widowe in deede and left alone, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and praiers night and day.

  • 1 Tim 5:7-11
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    7These things therefore warne them of, that they may be blamelesse.

    8If there bee any that prouideth not for his owne, and namely for them of his housholde, hee denieth the faith, and is worse then an infidell.

    9Let not a widow be taken into the number vnder three score yeere olde, that hath beene the wife of one husband,

    10And well reported of for good woorkes: if shee haue nourished her children, if shee haue lodged the strangers, if shee haue washed the Saintes feete, if shee haue ministred vnto them which were in aduersitie, if shee were continually giuen vnto euery good woorke.

    11But refuse the yonger widowes: for when they haue begun to waxe wanton against Christ, they will marrie,

  • 1 Tim 5:16-17
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    16If any faithfull man, or faithfull woman haue widowes, let them minister vnto them, and let not the Church bee charged, that there may bee sufficient for them that are widowes in deede.

    17The Elders that rule well, let them be had in double honour, specially they which labour in the worde and doctrine,

  • 1 Tim 5:14
    74%

    14I will therefore that the yonger women marie, and beare children, and gouerne the house, and giue none occasion to the aduersary to speake euill.

  • Titus 2:2-5
    4 verses
    72%

    2That the elder men be watchful, graue, teperate, sounde in the faith, in loue, & in patience:

    3The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things,

    4That they may instruct the yong women to be sober minded, that they loue their husbads, that they loue their children,

    5That they be temperate, chaste, keeping at home, good & subiect vnto their husbands, that the word of God be not euill spoken of.

  • Eph 6:1-4
    4 verses
    71%

    1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

    2Honour thy father & mother (which is the first commandement with promes)

    3That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst liue long on earth.

    4And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 3:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.

    5For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?

  • Prov 17:6
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    6Childres children are the crowne of the elders: and the glory of ye children are their fathers.

  • Deut 5:16
    69%

    16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath comanded thee, that thy dayes may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Titus 1:6
    69%

    6If any be vnreproueable, the husbande of one wife, hauing faithfull children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.

  • Matt 15:4-5
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    69%

    4For God hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

    5But ye say, Whosoeuer shal say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite,

  • Jas 1:27
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    27Pure religion & vndefiled before God, euen the Father, is this, to visite the fatherlesse, and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world.

  • Col 3:20
    68%

    20Children, obey your parents in all thing for that is well pleasing vnto the Lord.

  • Lev 21:2
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    2But by his kinseman that is neere vnto him: to wit, by his mother, or by his father, or by his sonne, or by his daughter, or by his brother,

  • Eph 5:1
    68%

    1Bee yee therefore followers of God, as deare children,

  • 1 Tim 3:12
    67%

    12Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.

  • Titus 3:14
    67%

    14And let ours also learne to shewe foorth good woorkes for necessary vses, that they be not vnfruitfull.

  • Prov 22:6
    67%

    6Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.

  • Prov 1:8
    67%

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

  • 2 Cor 12:14
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    14Behold, the thirde time I am ready to come vnto you, and yet will I not be slouthfull to your hinderance: for I seeke not yours, but you: for the children ought not to laye vp for the fathers, but the fathers for the children.

  • Prov 23:22
    66%

    22Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.

  • Exod 20:12
    66%

    12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Deut 25:5
    66%

    5If brethren dwell together, and one of them dye & haue no sonne, the wife of the dead shall not marry without: that is, vnto a stranger, but his kinseman shall goe in vnto her, and take her to wife, and doe the kinsemans office to her.

  • Lam 5:3
    66%

    3We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.

  • Exod 22:22
    66%

    22Ye shall not trouble any widowe, nor fatherlesse childe.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
    66%

    12That yee may behaue your selues honestly towarde them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.

  • 3 John 1:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,

    6Which bare witnesse of thy loue before the Churches. Whom if thou bringest on their iourney as it beseemeth according to God, thou shalt doe well,

  • Prov 4:1
    66%

    1Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

  • Lev 19:32
    66%

    32Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God: I am the Lorde.

  • Job 8:4
    65%

    4If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,

  • 2 Pet 1:7
    65%

    7And with godlines, brotherly kindnes: and with brotherly kindnes, loue.

  • Jer 49:11
    65%

    11Leaue thy fathers children, and I will preserue them aliue, and let thy widowes trust in me.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
    65%

    7But cast away prophane, and olde wiues fables, and exercise thy selfe vnto godlinesse.