Titus 2:5

To have seichel, tehorot in tznius, + 2:5 Aishes Chayil managers of the Bayit, being tovot, being submissive to their ba'alim, lest Chillul Hashem come to the Dvar HaElohim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

In Context

4That they may encourage the young nashim to have ahavah for their ba'alim and their banim,

6The bochrim, similarly, you exhort to have seichel

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Cross References

Genesis 3:16Unto HaIsha He said, 1 I will greatly multiply thy itzavon ([labor] pain) and thy childbearing; 1 in pain thou shalt bring forth banim; 1 and thy teshukah (longing, desire) shall be to thy husband, 1 and he shall rule over thee.

Genesis 18:9And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Hinei, in the ohel.

Psalms 74:10O Elohim ad mosai, (how long) shall the adversary revile? 1 Shall the oyev (enemy) blaspheme Thy Shem lanetzach (forever)? 1

Proverbs 31:10Who can find an aishes chayil (a woman of valor, an excellent wife)? + 31:10 Prov 12:4 1 For her worth is far above rubies. 1

Acts 9:39Kefa, getting up, went with them. And when he arrived, they brought him up into the aliyyah (upper story room), and all the almanot stood beside him, weeping and showing the tunics and garments that Tavitha made while she was with them.

1 Corinthians 11:3But I want you to have da'as that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is the rosh (head) of every one of the Bnei Adam, and the rosh of an isha is the ben Adam (Man, Ba'al), + 11:3 Gn 3:16 and the rosh of Moshiach is Hashem. + 11:3 Gn 3:16

Matthew Henry on Titus 2:2-11

Relative Duties. ( a. d. 66.) 1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of… Read the whole commentary →

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