1 Timothy 5:7-13

7Keep instructing [the people to do] these things as well, so that they may be blameless and beyond reproach.

8If anyone fails to provide for his own, and especially for those of his own family, he has denied the faith [by disregarding its precepts] and is worse than an unbeliever [who fulfills his obligation in these matters].

9A widow is to be put on the list [to receive regular assistance] only if she is over sixty years of age, [having been] the wife of one man,

10and has a reputation for good deeds; [she is eligible] if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the saints (God’s people), if she has assisted the distressed, and has devoted herself to doing good in every way.

11But refuse [to enroll the] younger widows, for when they feel their natural desires in disregard of Christ, they wish to marry again,

12and so they incur condemnation for having set aside their previous pledge.

13Now at the same time, they also learn to be idle as they go from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies [meddlers in things that do not concern them], talking about things they should not mention.