1 Timothy 5:11

But do not include younger widows on your list. For whenever their natural desires cause them to lose their devotion to the Messiah, they want to remarry.

1 Timothy 5:14

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

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.

Isaiah 3:16

The LORD also says: "Because Zion's women are so haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, prancing along as they walk, and making tinkling noises with their ankle bracelets,

Hosea 13:6

As their pastures flourished, all their desires were met. As they were satiated, they became arrogant and therefore ignored me.

1 Corinthians 7:39-40

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

1 Timothy 4:3

They will try to stop people from marrying and from eating certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

1 Timothy 5:9

A widow may be put on the widows' list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband.

James 5:5

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

2 Peter 2:18

By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

Revelation 18:7

Just as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, inflict on her just as much torture and misery. In her heart she says, "I am a queen on a throne, not a widow. I will never see misery.'

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Summary

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

The younger

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Bible References

The younger

1 Timothy 5:9
A widow may be put on the widows' list if she is at least sixty years old and has been the wife of one husband.

To wax

Deuteronomy 32:15
Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.
Isaiah 3:16
The LORD also says: "Because Zion's women are so haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, prancing along as they walk, and making tinkling noises with their ankle bracelets,
Hosea 13:6
As their pastures flourished, all their desires were met. As they were satiated, they became arrogant and therefore ignored me.
James 5:5
You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
2 Peter 2:18
By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

They will

1 Timothy 5:14
Therefore, I want younger widows to remarry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.
1 Timothy 4:3
They will try to stop people from marrying and from eating certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
1 Corinthians 7:39
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

General references

Matthew 19:10
His disciples asked him, "If that is the relationship of a man with his wife, it's not worth getting married!"

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