1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
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nephews.

Judges 12:14
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.

Job 18:19
He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

Isaiah 14:22
"I will rise up against them, " declares the LORD of Hosts. "I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity, " declares the LORD.

learn.

1 Samuel 22:3, 4
From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me." . . .

Proverbs 31:28
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:

Luke 2:51
Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was subject to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

John 19:26, 27
When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, "Woman, here is your son." . . .

piety.

Matthew 15:4-6
For God said: 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' . . .

Mark 7:11-13
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever you would have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift committed to God), . . .

to requite.

Genesis 45:10, 11
You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me--you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own. . . .

Genesis 47:12, 28
Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father's household with food for their families. . . .

Ruth 2:2, 18
And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain behind someone in whose sight I may find favor." "Go ahead, my daughter, " Naomi replied. . . .

Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. . . .

good.

1 Timothy 2:3
This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

International Standard Version
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God's sight.

NET Bible
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And if there is a widow who has children or grandchildren, let them learn first that they should be assigned to children of their households, and they should pay compensation to their parents, for this is acceptable before God.
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