1 Timothy 5:14

American Standard Version (1901)

I desire therefore that the younger [widows] marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

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  • Titus 2:5 : 5 [ to be] sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:
  • 1 Tim 6:1 : 1 Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.
  • Titus 2:8 : 8 sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 [ Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-15 : 14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye] ; because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you. 15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters:
  • 1 Tim 5:11 : 11 But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;
  • Gen 18:6 : 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.
  • Gen 18:9 : 9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
  • 2 Sam 12:14 : 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
  • Prov 14:1 : 1 Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
  • Prov 31:27-29 : 27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praiseth her, [saying] : 29 Many daughters have done worthily, But thou excellest them all.
  • Dan 6:4 : 4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
  • Luke 23:35-41 : 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen. 36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, offering him vinegar, 37 and saying, If thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself. 38 And there was also a superscription over him, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 And one of the malefactors that were hanged railed on him, saying, Art not thou the Christ? save thyself and us. 40 But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.
  • 1 Cor 7:8-9 : 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
  • 2 Cor 11:12 : 12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

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  • 1 Tim 5:9-13
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    9 Let none be enrolled as a widow under threescore years old, [having been] the wife of one man,

    10 well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

    11 But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

    12 having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

    13 And withal they learn also [to be] idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

  • Titus 2:2-6
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    2 that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:

    3 that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

    4 that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5 [ to be] sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

    6 the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:

  • 1 Tim 5:1-7
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    1 Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:

    2 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

    3 Honor widows that are widows indeed.

    4 But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

    5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

    6 But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.

    7 These things also command, that they may be without reproach.

  • 1 Tim 5:15-17
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    15 for already some are turned aside after Satan.

    16 If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

    17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

  • 1 Tim 3:11-12
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    11 Women in like manner [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

    12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling [their] children and their own houses well.

  • 1 Cor 7:34-36
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    34 and is divided. [So] also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

    35 And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

    36 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin [daughter], if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

  • Titus 1:6
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    6 if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

  • 1 Cor 14:34-35
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    34 let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

    35 And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.

  • 1 Pet 3:5
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    5 For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

  • 1 Pet 3:1
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    1 In like manner, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

  • 1 Tim 2:9-12
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    9 In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment;

    10 but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

    11 Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

    12 But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

  • 1 Tim 3:4-5
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    4 one that ruleth well his own house, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;

    5 (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

  • 1 Tim 3:2
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    2 The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

  • Eph 5:22
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    22 Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    69%

    2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:8
    69%

    8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

  • Prov 14:1
    69%

    1 Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

  • Eph 5:24
    69%

    24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands in everything.

  • Prov 31:27
    68%

    27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
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    10 But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

    11 (but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

  • 1 Tim 2:15
    68%

    15 but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

  • 1 Pet 3:7
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    7 Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with [your wives] according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

  • Prov 5:18
    68%

    18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

  • Col 3:18
    68%

    18 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

  • Prov 19:14
    67%

    14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.

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