1 Timothy 2:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;

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  • Prov 31:22 : 22 She makes for herself cushions of needlework; her clothing is fair linen and purple.
  • Isa 3:16 : 16 Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:
  • Jer 2:32 : 32 Is it possible for a virgin to put out of her memory her ornaments, or a bride her robes? but my people have put me out of their memories for unnumbered days.
  • 1 Pet 3:3-5 : 3 Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing; 4 But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God. 5 And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.
  • Prov 7:10 : 10 And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;
  • Jer 4:30 : 30 And you, when you are made waste, what will you do? Though you are clothed in red, though you make yourself beautiful with ornaments of gold, though you make your eyes wide with paint, it is for nothing that you make yourself fair; your lovers have no more desire for you, they have designs on your life.
  • Ezek 16:9-9 : 9 Then I had you washed with water, washing away all your blood and rubbing you with oil. 10 And I had you clothed with needlework, and put leather shoes on your feet, folding fair linen about you and covering you with silk. 11 And I made you fair with ornaments and put jewels on your hands and a chain on your neck. 12 And I put a ring in your nose and ear-rings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 So you were made beautiful with gold and silver; and your clothing was of the best linen and silk and needlework; your food was the best meal and honey and oil: and you were very beautiful. 14 You were so beautiful that the story of you went out into all nations; you were completely beautiful because of my glory which I had put on you, says the Lord. 15 But you put your faith in the fact that you were beautiful, acting like a loose woman because you were widely talked of, and offering your cheap love to everyone who went by, whoever it might be. 16 And you took your robes and made high places for yourself ornamented with every colour, acting like a loose woman on them, without shame or fear.
  • Matt 6:28-29 : 28 And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread: 29 But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
  • Matt 11:8 : 8 But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.
  • Titus 2:3-5 : 3 That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good, 4 Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children, 5 To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.
  • Isa 3:18-24 : 18 In that day the Lord will take away the glory of their foot-rings, and their sun-jewels, and their moon-ornaments, 19 The ear-rings, and the chains, and the delicate clothing, 20 The head-bands, and the arm-chains, and the worked bands, and the perfume-boxes, and the jewels with secret powers, 21 The rings, and the nose-jewels, 22 The feast-day dresses, and the robes, and the wide skirts, and the handbags, 23 The looking-glasses, and the fair linen, and the high head-dresses, and the veils. 24 And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free.
  • Isa 61:4 : 4 And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations.
  • Gen 24:53 : 53 Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.
  • Exod 35:22-23 : 22 They came, men and women, all who were ready to give, and gave pins and nose-rings and finger-rings and neck-ornaments, all of gold; everyone gave an offering of gold to the Lord. 23 And everyone who had blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair and sheepskins coloured red and leather, gave them.
  • 2 Kgs 9:30 : 30 And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.
  • Esth 5:1 : 1 Now on the third day, Esther put on her queen's robes, and took her place in the inner room of the king's house, facing the king's house: and the king was seated on his high seat in the king's house, facing the doorway of the house.
  • Ps 45:13-14 : 13 In the great house the king's daughter is all shining: her clothing is worked with gold. 14 She will come before the king in robes of needlework; the virgins in her train will come before you.

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  • 1 Tim 2:10-12
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    10But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.

    11Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.

    12In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet.

  • 1 Pet 3:1-7
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    1Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

    2When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.

    3Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;

    4But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

    5And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:

    6As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.

    7And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

  • Titus 2:2-7
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    2That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

    3That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,

    4Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,

    5To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

    6To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:

    7In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,

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    13Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled?

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    8It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.

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    3But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

    4Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.

    5But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off.

    6For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled.

    7For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

  • Isa 3:19-23
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    19The ear-rings, and the chains, and the delicate clothing,

    20The head-bands, and the arm-chains, and the worked bands, and the perfume-boxes, and the jewels with secret powers,

    21The rings, and the nose-jewels,

    22The feast-day dresses, and the robes, and the wide skirts, and the handbags,

    23The looking-glasses, and the fair linen, and the high head-dresses, and the veils.

  • 1 Tim 5:2
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    2To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

  • 1 Cor 11:15
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    15But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering.

  • 1 Tim 3:11
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    11Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

  • Titus 2:9-10
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    9Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

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    34Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.

    35And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.

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    2For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,

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    35Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

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    14So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

  • 1 Cor 11:10-11
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    10For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

    11But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 2:15
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    15But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.

  • Ezek 16:11
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    11And I made you fair with ornaments and put jewels on your hands and a chain on your neck.

  • Prov 1:9
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    9For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.

  • Col 3:18
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    18Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

  • 2 Tim 3:6
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    6For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,

  • Prov 31:30
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    30Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

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    22She makes for herself cushions of needlework; her clothing is fair linen and purple.

  • Deut 22:5
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    5It is not right for a woman to be dressed in man's clothing, or for a man to put on a woman's robe: whoever does such things is disgusting to the Lord your God.

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    4And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires;