1 Timothy 5:6
and she who is given to luxury, living — hath died;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
In Context
7and these things charge, that they may be blameless;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:54'The man who is tender in thee, and who [is] very delicate — his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth,
1 Samuel 15:32and Samuel saith, 'Bring ye nigh unto me Agag king of Amalek,' and Agag cometh unto him daintily, and Agag saith, 'Surely the bitterness of death hath turned aside.'
Job 21:11They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
Proverbs 29:21Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, [At] his latter end also he is continuator.
Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, 'O tender and delicate one.'
Lamentations 4:5Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced 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 →