1 Timothy 5:14

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, rule their households, and give the enemy no occasion to revile us.

Cross References

Genesis 18:6

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

Genesis 18:9

They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.”

2 Samuel 12:14

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child that is born to you shall die.”

Proverbs 14:1

Wisdom builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.

Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease.

Daniel 6:4

Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom; but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him.

Romans 14:13

Then let us no more pass judgment on one another, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

2 Corinthians 11:12

And what I do I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;

1 Timothy 4:3

who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:11

But refuse to enrol younger widows; for when they grow wanton against Christ they desire to marry,

1 Timothy 6:1

Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be defamed.

Titus 2:5

to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be discredited.

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.

Hebrews 13:4

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous.