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.
Cross References
Ephesians 6:2
"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),

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

1 Timothy 5:16
If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need.

Titus 1:11
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

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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,

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