Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
The younger
They will
General references
Bible References
The younger
1 Timothy 5:9
Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
To wax
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Isaiah 3:16
Moreover the LORD said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;
Hosea 13:6
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
James 5:5
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who barely escape from those who live in error;
They will
1 Timothy 5:14
I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling.
1 Timothy 4:3
forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from 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 the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
General references
Matthew 19:10
The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."