A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man, Cross References Luke 2:36 There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years, 1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 1 Timothy 5:16 If any believing woman has dependent widows, she must assist them and not allow the church to be burdened, so that it can help the widows who are truly in need. Treasury of Scripture Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years old, having been the wife of one man. a widow. 1 Timothy 5:3,4 taken. 1 Timothy 5:11,14 Luke 2:36,37 having. 1 Timothy 3:2,12 1 Corinthians 7:10,11,39,40 |