1Ti 5:4 But 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.
1Ti 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Here's a shocker: A thought came to me without watching a YouTube clip, or anything on TV, etc. It just came to me as I was walking around the campus of my school that I clean. This was the thought:
"If not caring for your parents means you're worse than an infidel (an unbeliever), caring for your parents must be a universal thing, even amongst nonbelievers!"
Now, whether it's true nor not, that is, the part about nonbelievers, caring for one's parents is as basic a concept as NOT going to bed with one's earthly father's wife! Check out this Scripture verse, and I'm using the ESV here because it drives the point home:
1Co 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife.
So, there are things that not even unbelievers do, and this includes neglecting your kin.
Now, after that thought, there was another thought that came to mind that was from an Internet source: A video of Denzel Washington talking about how wolves care for their kin (now, don't "live like a wolf" as in "don't be a false prophet", but rather as in "don't be so wicked that not even pagans tolerate it"):
This got me to thinking again: Even WOLVES, who are used pejoratively to describe false prophets:
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Even WOLVES, according to Denzel Washington, take care of their kin.
So, according to the Bible, and even according to the world, you have to be UTTER SCUM to neglect your own.
