1 Timothy 5:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

But refuse the younger widows; for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

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  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 Therefore I desire that the younger women marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
  • Jas 5:5 : 5 You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been indulgent; you have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
  • Rev 18:7 : 7 As much as she has glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, give her that much torment and sorrow: for she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
  • Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: you have grown fat, you have grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  • Isa 3:16 : 16 Moreover the LORD says, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, making a tinkling with their feet:
  • Hos 13:6 : 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore they have forgotten me.
  • 1 Cor 7:39-40 : 39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
  • 1 Tim 5:9 : 9 Do not let a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Tim 5:1-10
    10 verses
    83%

    1Do not rebuke an elder, but appeal to him as a father; and the younger men as brothers;

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

    3Honor widows who are truly widows.

    4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents, for this is good and acceptable before God.

    5Now she who is truly a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

    6But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.

    7And these things command, that they may be blameless.

    8But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

    9Do not let a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

    10Well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

  • 1 Tim 5:12-16
    5 verses
    82%

    12Having condemnation because they have cast off their first faith.

    13And besides, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, speaking things they ought not.

    14Therefore I desire that the younger women marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

    15For some have already turned aside after Satan.

    16If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let the church be burdened, so that it may relieve those who are truly widows.

  • Titus 2:3-6
    4 verses
    72%

    3The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of good things;

    4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

    6Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded.

  • 1 Cor 7:34-37
    4 verses
    71%

    34There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

    35And this I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.

    36But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he will. He does not sin; let them marry.

    37Nevertheless, he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
    70%

    7But refuse profane and old wives' tales, and exercise yourself rather unto godliness.

  • 1 Tim 3:11
    70%

    11In the same way, their wives must be dignified, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

  • Prov 2:17
    70%

    17Who forsakes the guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

  • Num 30:9
    70%

    9But every vow of a widow, and of her who is divorced, by which they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

  • 1 Cor 7:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

    9But if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

  • 1 Cor 7:11
    69%

    11But if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.

  • Ezek 44:22
    69%

    22Neither shall they marry widows, nor her who is divorced; but they shall take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who had a priest before.

  • 1 Cor 5:1
    69%

    1It is commonly reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that a man has his father's wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:27-29
    3 verses
    68%

    27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

    28But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless, such will have trouble in the flesh, but I spare you.

    29But this I say, brethren, the time is short; so that from now on, even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

  • Titus 1:6
    68%

    6If anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.

  • Matt 19:10
    68%

    10His disciples said to him, If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.

  • Mark 10:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

    12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.

  • 2 Tim 3:6
    68%

    6For of this sort are those who creep into households and lead captive gullible women loaded with sins, led away by various lusts,

  • Hos 4:11
    68%

    11Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • 1 Cor 7:32
    68%

    32But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 5:9
    67%

    9I wrote to you in a letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

  • Prov 5:18
    67%

    18Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

  • 2 Cor 11:2
    67%

    2For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

  • 1 Cor 7:25
    67%

    25Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, yet I give my judgment as one whom the Lord in his mercy has made trustworthy.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    67%

    2Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

  • Prov 5:20
    67%

    20And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Rom 7:3
    67%

    3So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she will be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she is married to another man.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
    67%

    39A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.