1 Timothy 5:3
1 Timothy · New Testament · Chapter 5
“Honour widows that are widows indeed.”1 Timothy 5:3
What Does 1 Timothy 5:3 Mean?
1 Timothy 5:3 is found in the book of 1 Timothy, chapter 5, verse 3 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Timothy 5:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 27:19“Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.”1 Timothy 5:5“Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.”1 Timothy 5:16“If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.”Deuteronomy 10:18“He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.”Deuteronomy 14:29“And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.”Acts 6:1“And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.”Exodus 20:12“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”Deuteronomy 16:11“And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.”Deuteronomy 16:14“And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.”Psalms 68:5“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”Psalms 146:9“The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”Matthew 15:6“And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.”John 8:31“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;”1 Thessalonians 2:6“Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.”1 Timothy 5:4“But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.”1 Peter 2:17“Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.”Job 29:13“The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.”Job 31:16“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;”Psalms 94:6“They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.”Jeremiah 49:11“Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.”
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