1 Timothy 5:3-9

3Honor widows who are truly widows.

4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

5She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day,

6but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

7Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.

8But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

9Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,