1 Timothy 5:13

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And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.

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  • Prov 20:19 : 19 The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.
  • Prov 31:27 : 27 Watching over the ways of her household, she would not eat the bread of idleness.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.
  • 1 Pet 4:15 : 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.
  • 3 John 1:10 : 10 Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to the deeds he is doing– the bringing of unjustified charges against us with evil words! And not being content with that, he not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but hinders the people who want to do so and throws them out of the church!
  • Jas 3:10 : 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.
  • Luke 10:7 : 7 Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house.
  • Acts 20:20 : 20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.
  • 2 Thess 3:6-9 : 6 Response to the Undisciplined But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us. 7 For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you, 8 and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you. 9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate. 10 For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.” 11 For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.
  • Lev 19:16 : 16 You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

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  • 1 Tim 5:14-16
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    14So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

    15For some have already wandered away to follow Satan.

    16If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.

  • 2 Thess 3:10-12
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    10For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command:“If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.”

    11For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

    12Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

  • 2 Tim 3:5-7
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    5They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.

    6For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.

    7Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

  • 1 Tim 5:9-12
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    9No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,

    10and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress– as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works.

    11But do not accept younger widows on the list, because their passions may lead them away from Christ and they will desire to marry,

    12and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.

  • Titus 2:3-5
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    3Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.

    4In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

  • Titus 1:10-12
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    10For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections,

    11who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.

    12A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said,“Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

  • 1 Pet 4:15
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    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.

  • 1 Tim 5:6-7
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    6But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

    7Reinforce these commands, so that they will be beyond reproach.

  • 2 Pet 2:13-14
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    13suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, they are stains and blemishes, indulging in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.

    14Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!

  • 1 Tim 6:4-5
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    4he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,

    5and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

  • Prov 7:11
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    11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–

  • 1 Tim 3:11
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    11Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.

  • 1 Thess 4:11-12
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    11to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.

    12In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

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    6Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.

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    4So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.

  • 1 Tim 5:2
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    2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters– with complete purity.

  • 2 Tim 2:16
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    16But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,

  • 1 Cor 14:35
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    35If they want to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home, because it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.

  • Rom 1:29
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    29They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,

  • 1 Tim 2:11
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    11A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness.

  • Prov 31:27
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    27Watching over the ways of her household, she would not eat the bread of idleness.

  • 1 Cor 5:10-11
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    10In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

    11But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.

  • Titus 3:14
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    14Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.

  • 1 Cor 5:1-2
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    1Church Discipline It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife.

    2And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?

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    35I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.

  • 2 Pet 2:18
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    18For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.

  • Titus 3:9
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    9But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty.

  • Prov 18:9
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    9The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

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    5For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy(such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14Dealing with False Teachers Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.

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    7But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness.