1 Timothy 5:11

God's Word

Don’t include younger widows ⌞on your list⌟. Whenever their natural desires become stronger than their devotion to Christ, they’ll want to marry.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:16

The Lord adds, “The women of Zion are arrogant. They walk with their noses in the air, making seductive glances, taking short little steps, jingling the ankle bracelets on their feet.”

Hosea 13:6

When I fed you, you were full. When you were full, you became arrogant. That is why you forgot me.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jeshurun  got fat and disrespectful. (You got fat! You were stuffed! You were gorged!) They abandoned the God who made them and treated the rock of their salvation like a fool.

1 Timothy 4:3

They will try to stop others from getting married and from eating certain foods. God created food to be received with prayers of thanks by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:12

They condemn themselves by rejecting the Christian faith, the faith they first accepted.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I want younger widows to marry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.

1 Timothy 5:9

Any widow who had only one husband and is at least 60 years old should be put on your list ⌞of widows⌟.

James 5:5

You have lived in luxury and pleasure here on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.

2 Peter 2:18

They arrogantly use nonsense to seduce people by appealing to their sexual desires, especially to sexual freedom. They seduce people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

Revelation 18:3

All the nations fell because of the wine of her sexual sins. The kings of the earth had sex with her. Her luxurious wealth has made the merchants of the earth rich.”

Revelation 18:7

She gave herself glory and luxury. Now give her just as much torture and misery. She says to herself, ‘I’m a queen on a throne, not a widow. I’ll never be miserable.’

Revelation 18:9

“The kings of the earth who had sex with her and lived in luxury with her will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke rise from her raging fire.