Acts 9:39

Peter came and found the widows mourning, showing the garments Tabitha had made. Her ministry of mercy was lovingly remembered.

Cross-references · 23

• 1 Th 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Prov 31:30–31Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
• Eph 4:28He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
• Prov 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
• Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
• Acts 9:36–37In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
• Acts 9:41Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
• Acts 6:1In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
• Acts 8:2God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
• Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
• 2 Cor 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
• 1 Th 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
• Jas 2:15–17Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.
• Matt 25:36–39I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
• Matt 17:17“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
• Matt 26:11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
• John 12:8The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
• John 17:12While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
• 2 Sam 1:24O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
• 1 Jn 3:18Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
• Eccl 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
• Job 31:19–20if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
• Mark 14:8She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

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