Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 1 Timothy 5:14 in English Standard Version "So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander." 1Co 7:9 But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 1Ti 6:1 Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. Tit 2:5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. Tit 2:8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.