1 Timothy 5:13

1 Timothy chapter 5 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.12having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

v.13This passage

v.14I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Luke 10:7
And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
1 Peter 4:15
For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men’s matters:
Acts 20:30
and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
Acts 20:20
how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,
Proverbs 20:19
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
3 John 1:10
Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth and casteth them out of the church.