1 Timothy 5:6

But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

In Context

5The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.

7Give these instructions to the believers, so that they will be above reproach.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:54The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,

1 Samuel 15:32Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,

Proverbs 29:21A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.

Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

Lamentations 4:5Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

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 →

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