1 Timothy 5:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

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  • Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,” 6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
  • Mark 7:11-13 : 11 But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother,‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’(that is, a gift for God), 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”
  • John 19:26-27 : 26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother,“Woman, look, here is your son!” 27 He then said to his disciple,“Look, here is your mother!” From that very time the disciple took her into his own home.
  • 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior,
  • Gen 45:10-11 : 10 You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me– you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have. 11 I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor– you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you.”’
  • Ruth 2:2 : 2 One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi,“Let me go to the fields so I can gather grain behind whoever permits me to do so.” Naomi replied,“You may go, my daughter.”
  • Ruth 2:18 : 18 Ruth Returns to Naomi She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much grain she had gathered. Then Ruth gave her the roasted grain she had saved from mealtime.
  • 1 Sam 22:3-4 : 3 Then David went from there to Mizpah in Moab, where he said to the king of Moab,“Please let my father and mother stay with you until I know what God is going to do for me.” 4 So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold.
  • Job 18:19 : 19 He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed.
  • Prov 31:28 : 28 Her children have risen and called her blessed; her husband also has praised her:
  • Isa 14:22 : 22 “I will rise up against them,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, including the offspring she produces,” says 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 little children.
  • Gen 47:28 : 28 Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob’s life were 147 in all.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely, 3 “that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”
  • Luke 2:51 : 51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Tim 5:1-3
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    1Instructions about Specific Groups Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers,

    2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters– with complete purity.

    3Honor widows who are truly in need.

  • 1 Tim 5:5
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    5But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.

  • 1 Tim 5:7-11
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    76%

    7Reinforce these commands, so that they will be beyond reproach.

    8But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

    9No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,

    10and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress– as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works.

    11But do not accept younger widows on the list, because their passions may lead them away from Christ and they will desire to marry,

  • 1 Tim 5:16-17
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    75%

    16If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.

    17Elders who provide effective leadership must be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

  • Titus 2:2-5
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    72%

    2Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.

    3Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.

    4In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

  • Eph 6:1-4
    4 verses
    71%

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

    2“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

    3“that it will go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”

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

  • 1 Tim 3:4-5
    2 verses
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    4He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

    5But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

  • Prov 17:6
    70%

    6Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

  • Deut 5:16
    69%

    16Honor your father and your mother just as the LORD your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

  • Titus 1:6
    69%

    6An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

  • Matt 15:4-5
    2 verses
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    4For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

    5But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”

  • Jas 1:27
    68%

    27Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

  • Col 3:20
    68%

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

  • Lev 21:2
    68%

    2except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

  • Eph 5:1
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    1Live in Love Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children

  • 1 Tim 3:12
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    12Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.

  • Titus 3:14
    67%

    14Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.

  • Prov 22:6
    67%

    6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

  • Prov 1:8
    67%

    8Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.

  • 2 Cor 12:14
    66%

    14Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have 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
    66%

    12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.

  • Deut 25:5
    66%

    5Respect for the Sanctity of Others If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man’s wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband’s brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.

  • Lam 5:3
    66%

    3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.

  • Exod 22:22
    66%

    22“You must not afflict any widow or orphan.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

  • 3 John 1:5-6
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    5The Charge to Gaius Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers(even though 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%

    1Admonition to Follow Righteousness and Avoid Wickedness Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

  • Lev 19:32
    66%

    32You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

  • Job 8:4
    65%

    4If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
    65%

    7to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.

  • Jer 49:11
    65%

    11Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.”

  • 1 Tim 4:7
    65%

    7But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness.