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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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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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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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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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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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)
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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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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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.
Footnotes
- 14.1 Heb Wisdom of women
1 Peter 4:14-15
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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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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 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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