1 Timothy 5:9

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,

that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,

and laid them at the apostles’ feet, and distribution was made to each, according as anyone had need.

But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they were seeking to kill him.

Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? So am I.

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Honor widows who are widows indeed.

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance:

and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”

They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”

As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn’t listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God.

accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, “I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn’t find in her the tokens of virginity;”

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.

Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, ‘I have hope,’ if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons,

Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?

However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to Yahweh’s enemies to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you will surely die.”

Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.

For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.

Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.

Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are arrogant, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;

His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Take wives and father sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there, and don’t be diminished.

They shall not take for their wives a widow, or her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.

When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,

When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.

or service, let’s give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from those who desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.

I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.

Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?

You have lived in luxury on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.