Verse 3

Honour widowes, which are widowes in deede.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
  • Deut 10:18 : 18 Who doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and widowe, & loueth the stranger, giuing him foode and rayment.
  • Deut 14:29 : 29 Then ye Leuite shall come, because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherlesse, and the widowe, which are within thy gates, and shall eate, and be filled, that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the worke of thine hand which thou doest.
  • Deut 16:11 : 11 And thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, thou and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, and thy maide, and the Leuite that is within thy gates, & the stranger, & the fatherles, and the widowe, that are among you, in the place which the Lorde thy God shall chuse to place his Name there,
  • Deut 16:14 : 14 And thou shalt reioyce in thy feast, thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, & thy maid, & the Leuite, & the stranger, & the fatherlesse, and the widow, that are wtin thy gates.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shal say: So be it.
  • Acts 6:1 : 1 And in those dayes, as the nomber of ye disciples grewe, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians towards ye Hebrewes, because their widowes were neglected in the dayly ministring.
  • Acts 9:39 : 39 Then Peter arose and came with them: and when hee was come, they brought him into the vpper chamber, where all the widowes stoode by him weeping, and shewing the coates and garments, which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
  • 1 Thess 2:6 : 6 Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.
  • 1 Tim 5:2 : 2 The elder women as mothers, the yonger as sisters, with all purenesse.
  • 1 Tim 5:4-5 : 4 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. 5 And shee that is a widowe in deede and left alone, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and praiers night and day.
  • 1 Tim 5:9-9 : 9 Let not a widow be taken into the number vnder three score yeere olde, that hath beene the wife of one husband, 10 And 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. 11 But refuse the yonger widowes: for when they haue begun to waxe wanton against Christ, they will marrie,
  • 1 Tim 5:16-17 : 16 If 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. 17 The Elders that rule well, let them be had in double honour, specially they which labour in the worde and doctrine,
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure 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.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honour all men: loue brotherly fellowship: feare God: honour the King.
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Likewise ye husbands, dwel with them as men of knowledge, giuing honour vnto the woman, as vnto the weaker vessell, euen as they which are heires together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not interrupted.
  • Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
  • Job 31:16 : 16 If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
  • Ps 68:5 : 5 He is a Father of the fatherlesse, & a Iudge of the widowes, euen God in his holy habitation.
  • Ps 94:6 : 6 They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murther the fatherlesse.
  • Ps 146:9 : 9 The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieueth the fatherlesse & widowe: but he ouerthroweth the way of the wicked.
  • Jer 49:11 : 11 Leaue thy fathers children, and I will preserue them aliue, and let thy widowes trust in me.
  • Matt 15:6 : 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.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo therefore be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites, because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men: for ye your selues go not in, neither suffer ye them that would enter, to come in.
  • Luke 2:37 : 37 And she was widowe about foure score and foure yeeres, and went not out of the Temple, but serued God with fastings & prayers, night and day.
  • Luke 7:12 : 12 Nowe when hee came neere to the gate of the citie, behold, there was a dead man caried out, who was the onely begotten sonne of his mother, which was a widowe, and much people of the citie was with her.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael comming to him, and saide of him, Beholde in deede an Israelite, in whom is no guile.