1 Timothy 5:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Moreover, as they go about from house to house, they learn to be idlers, and not only idlers, but gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say and talking of things they should not mention.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹³ Also, they learn to be lazy by going from house to house. They are not only lazy, but they also become gossips and busybodies, talking about things they shouldn’t.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And being at the same time also idle, they learn to go from house to house, being not only idle, but also talkative and curious, speaking of things which do not concern them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And withal being idle they learn to go about from house to house: and are not only idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

1 Timothy 5:13 Cross References

Proverbs 11:13

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Proverbs 20:19

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: Therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.

Proverbs 31:27

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

Proverbs 7:11

She is clamorous, and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

Leviticus 19:16

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Luke 10:7

And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

Acts 20:20

how that I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,

Acts 20:30

and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

1 Timothy 5:12

having condemnation, because they have rejected their first faith.

Titus 1:11

whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

James 3:10

out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

1 Peter 4:15

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:

3 John 1:10

Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth, and casteth them out of the church.