1 Timothy 5:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give none occasion to the adversary for reviling:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ So I would have younger [widows] marry, bear children, guide the household, [and] not give opponents of the faith occasion for slander or reproach.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

Common English Bible

¹⁴ So I want younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their homes so that they won’t give the enemy any reason to slander us. (

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Therefore, I want the younger women to marry, to procreate children, to be mothers of families, to provide no ready opportunity for the adversary to speak evil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ I will therefore that the younger should marry, bear children, be mistresses of families, give no occasion to the adversary to speak evil.

1 Timothy 5:14 Cross References

Genesis 18:6

And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.

Genesis 18:9

And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

2 Samuel 12:14

Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

Proverbs 14:1

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

Jeremiah 29:6

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

Daniel 6:4

Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Romans 14:13

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.

2 Corinthians 11:12

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.

1 Timothy 4:3

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.

1 Timothy 5:11

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

1 Timothy 6:1

Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.

Titus 2:5

to be soberminded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

Titus 2:8

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.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be had in honour among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.