1 Timothy 5:3-5 (King James Version)

 ³Honour widows that are widows indeed.

 ⁴But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

 ⁵Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.