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Acts 6:1
Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

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Acts 6:2
And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.

Acts 6:3
Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

Acts 6:4
Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.

Acts 6:5
And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:

Acts 6:6
These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.

Romans 12:7
Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

1 Timothy 3:8
Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;

Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:

Proverbs 17:14
The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

Luke 10:40
But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

Acts 1:25
To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

1 Corinthians 6:1
How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

1 Corinthians 16:15
Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints,

1 Timothy 3:10
And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.

1 Timothy 3:13
For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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Acts 9:29
Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.

Acts 11:20
But some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, when they came to Antioch, gave the good news about the Lord Jesus to the Greeks.

John 12:20
Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

John 7:35
So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

Acts 8:1
And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.

James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.

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Philippians 3:5
Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:

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1 Timothy 5:3
Give honour to widows who are truly widows.

1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

1 Timothy 5:9
Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,

Acts 9:41
And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.

Ruth 1:3
And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, came to his end; and only her two sons were with her.

1 Kings 17:9
Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.

2 Kings 4:1
Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

Mark 12:42
And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.

1 Timothy 5:16
If any woman of the faith has relations who are widows, let her give them help, so that the care of them does not come on the church, and so it may give help to those who are truly widowed.

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1 Peter 4:9
Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

Philippians 2:14
Do all things without protests and arguments;

John 7:12
And there was much discussion about him among the mass of the people. Some said, He is a good man; but others said, No, he is giving people false ideas.

Jude 1:16
These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.

1 Corinthians 10:10
And do not say evil things against the Lord, as some of them did, and destruction overtook them.

Matthew 20:11
And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,

James 5:9
Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

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Acts 4:35
And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.

Acts 6:7
And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.

Acts 2:44
And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;

Acts 2:45
And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.

Acts 2:41
Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.

Acts 4:32
And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.

Acts 4:4
But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

Acts 11:29
And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:

Psalms 72:16
May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.

Acts 1:15
And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

Acts 2:47
Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.

Acts 5:14
And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;

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Acts 9:39
And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

James 1:27
The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

Luke 7:12
Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

Luke 18:3
And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

1 Timothy 5:5
Now she who is truly a widow and without family puts her hope in God, giving herself to prayer day and night.

Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

Psalms 146:9
The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

Exodus 22:22
Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

Deuteronomy 10:18
Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

Deuteronomy 14:29
And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

Job 31:16
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

Isaiah 1:17
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

Luke 2:37
She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.

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2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

1 Samuel 4:6
And the Philistines, hearing the noise of their cry, said, What is this great cry among the tents of the Hebrews? Then it became clear to them that the ark of the Lord had come to the tent-circle.

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2 Kings 25:30
And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day for the rest of his life.

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2 Corinthians 8:20
And so that no man might be able to say anything against us in the business of this giving which has been put into our hands:

2 Corinthians 8:21
For the business has been so ordered by us as to have the approval, not only of the Lord, but of men.

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