1 Timothy 5:6
For she that liveth in pleasures, is dead while she is living.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
In Context
7And this give in charge, that they may be blameless.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:54The man that is nice among you, and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wife, that lieth in his bosom,
1 Samuel 15:32And Samuel said: Bring hitherto me Agag the king of Amalec. And Agag was presented to him very fat, and trembling. And Agag said: Doth bitter death separate in this manner?
Job 21:11Their little ones go out like a flock, and their children dance and play.
Proverbs 29:21He that nourisheth his servant delicately from his childhood, afterwards shall find him stubborn.
Isaiah 47:1Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called delicate and tender.
Lamentations 4:5He. They that were fed delicately have died in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.
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 →