1 Timothy 5:4-5
5:4 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.
5:5 But 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 Timothy 5:9-11
5:9 No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,
5:10 and 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.
5:11 But do not accept younger widows on the list, because their passions may lead them away from Christ and they will desire to marry,
1 Timothy 5:16
5:16 If 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.
Luke 2:37
2:37 She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years.
She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
John 1:47
1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”