1 Timothy 5:8-11

8But if any one does not provide for his own, and specially for those of [his] house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than the unbeliever.

9Let a widow be put upon the list, being of not less than sixty years, [having been] wife of one man,

10borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.

11But younger widows decline; for when they grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,