1 Timothy 5:14
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14 So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.(A)
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1 Timothy 5:14
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14 So I counsel younger widows to marry,(A) to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.(B)
Titus 2:5
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5 to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.(A)
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Titus 2:5
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5 to be self-controlled(A) and pure, to be busy at home,(B) to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands,(C) so that no one will malign the word of God.(D)
1 Timothy 6:1
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6 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 blasphemed.(A)
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1 Timothy 6:1
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6 All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect,(A) so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered.(B)
Titus 2:8
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8 and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.(A)
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Titus 2:8
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8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.(A)
1 Corinthians 7:8-9
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8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain unmarried as I am.(A) 9 But if they are not practicing self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion.(B)
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1 Corinthians 7:8-9
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8 Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(A) 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,(B) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
Proverbs 31:27-29
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27 She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.(A)
28 Her children rise up and call her happy;
her husband, too, and he praises her:
29 “Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.”(B)
Proverbs 31:27-29
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27 She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
1 Timothy 4:3
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3 They forbid marriage and abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.(A)
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1 Timothy 4:3
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3 They forbid people to marry(A) and order them to abstain from certain foods,(B) which God created(C) to be received with thanksgiving(D) by those who believe and who know the truth.
Daniel 6:4
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4 So the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for complaint against Daniel in connection with the kingdom. But they could find no grounds for complaint or any corruption, because he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption could be found in him.(A)
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Daniel 6:4
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4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges(A) against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.
Proverbs 14:1
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14 The wise woman[a] builds her house,
but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
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- 14.1 Heb Wisdom of women
Proverbs 14:1
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14 The wise woman builds her house,(A)
but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.
1 Peter 4:14-15
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1 Peter 4:14-15
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14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ,(A) you are blessed,(B) for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.
Hebrews 13:4
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4 Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.(A)
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Hebrews 13:4
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4 Marriage should be honored by all,(A) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(B)
1 Timothy 5:11
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11 But refuse to put younger widows on the list, for when their sensual desires alienate them from Christ, they want to marry,
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1 Timothy 5:11
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11 As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry.
1 Timothy 2:8
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8 I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument,
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1 Timothy 2:8
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8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands(A) without anger or disputing.
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