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1 Timothy 5:13
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1 Timothy 5:13
13And 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.
13And withall they learne to bee idle, wandering about from house to house; and not onely idle, but tatlers also, and busibodies, speaking things which they ought not.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Timothy 5:13
To gain knowledge, receive instruction, or come to know.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Slothful; given to rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Moving without a settled course; straying from the right way.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
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A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Should or is bound to; expresses duty, fitness, or necessity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
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Open the full verse study6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
7For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
8Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
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Open the full verse study27She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
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Open the full verse study15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
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Open the full verse study20And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
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Open the full verse study30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
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Open the full verse study10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
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Open the full verse study7And in the 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.
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Open the full verse study11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
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Open the full verse study10Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
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