Verse 9

Let not a wydowe be chosen vnder three score yeres olde, hauyng ben the wyfe of one man.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache,
• 1 Tim 3:12 : 12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.
• 1 Tim 5:3-4 : 3 Honour wydowes, whiche are wydowes in deede. 4 But yf any wydowe haue chyldren or nephewes, let them learne first to rule their owne houses godly, and to recompence also their elder kynsefolkes: for that is good and acceptable before God.
• 1 Tim 5:11 : 11 But the yonger wydowes refuse: For whe they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe, they wyll marrie:
• 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 I wyll therefore that the yonger women do marrie, to beare chyldren, to guyde the house, to geue none occasion to ye aduersarie to speake slaunderously.
• Luke 2:36-37 : 36 And ther was a prophetisse, one Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser, which was of a great age, and had lyued with an husbande seuen yeres from her virginitie. 37 And she had ben a wydowe about fourescore and foure yeres, whiche departed not from the temple, but serued God with fastynges and prayers nyght and day.
• 1 Cor 7:10-11 : 10 Unto the maryed commaunde, not I, but the Lord, Let not the wyfe depart from the husbande: 11 But and if she depart, let her remayne vnmarried, or be reconciled vnto her husbande againe: And let not the husbande put away his wyfe.
• 1 Cor 7:39-40 : 39 The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as long as her husbande lyueth: but if her husband be dead, she is at libertie to marry with whom she wil, onely in the Lorde. 40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my iudgement: And I thinke veryly that I haue the spirite of God.