1 Timothy 5:5-10 Now she who is indeed a widow and destitute, trusts in God, and is constant in prayers and supplications both night and day.

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Now she who is indeed a widow and destitute, trusts in God, and is constant in prayers and supplications both night and day. ⁶ But she who lives wholly for pleasure is dead while she lives. ⁷ Continually charge them with these things, so that they may be blameless. ⁸ But, if any man does not provide for his own, and especially for those who are of his own household who are of the faith, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever. ⁹ When you select a worthy widow to help, select therefore one who is not less than three score years, who has been the wife of one man only, ¹⁰ And well spoken of for good works; if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has comforted the distressed, if she has been diligent in every good work.