1 Timothy 5:11

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Isaiah 3:16

The Lord says, “The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.

Hosea 13:6

When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.

1 Timothy 4:3

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:12

and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.

1 Timothy 5:14

So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

1 Timothy 5:9

No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,

James 5:5

You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

2 Peter 2:18

For 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.

Revelation 18:3

For all the nations have fallen from the wine of her immoral passion, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior.”

Revelation 18:7

As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’

Revelation 18:9

Then the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up.