1 Timothy 5:13
And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
12having condemnation, because they have rejected their first faith.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.
Luke 10:7And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
Acts 20:30and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
Titus 1:11whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
1 Peter 4:15For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men’s matters:
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 →