1 Timothy 5:5-10 The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers. ⁶ But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. ⁷ Continue to give these instructions, so that they may be blameless. ⁸ If any one does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. ⁹ Let a widow be put on the list if she is not less than sixty years old, the wife of one husband, ¹⁰ and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.