1 Timothy 5:3-6, 9-16

Honor women who are truly widows, having no one to care for them. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, their first responsibility is caring for their family, which shows godliness and repays their parents, for this is pleasing to GOD. A true widow, in real need and all alone, puts her hope in GOD and continues night and day to pray, asking GOD for help. Whereas the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. Enroll widows sixty years old or more, having been the wife of one man, and having a reputation for doing good: such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, being humble, helping those in trouble, devoted to doing good deeds. Do not enroll younger widows, for when their passions overcome their dedication to CHRIST, they will want to get married. Breaking their first pledge, they will bring judgment on themselves. Besides that, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not. So I advise that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage their homes, and to never give the enemy an opportunity for slander. Some have in fact already turned away to follow satan. If a believer has a widow in their family, let them care for her, so that he church will not be burdened, and can care for those widows who really are alone.