1 Timothy 5:6
But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
In Context
7Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:54The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye will be evil toward his brother, toward the wife whom he loves, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining,
1 Samuel 15:32Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of the Amalekites here to me!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
Job 21:11They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
Proverbs 29:21He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.
Isaiah 47:1“Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
Lamentations 4:5Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple 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 →