1 Timothy 5:6
But she who is self-indulgent is dead while she lives.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
In Context
7And command these things, so that they may be blameless.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:54The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his sons whom he has remaining,
1 Samuel 15:32Then Samuel said, Bring ye here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Proverbs 29:21He who brings up his servant gently from childhood shall have him become a son at the last.
Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. For thou shall no more be called tender and delicate.
Lamentations 4:5Those who fed luxuriously are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 5:4-17
Directions Concerning Widows. ( a. d. 64.) 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed. 4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. 7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 8 But if any provide not… Read the whole commentary →