These women are described as “gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to” (1 Timothy 5:12-13). Because women tend to spend a lot of time in each other's homes and work closely with other women, they hear and observe situations which can become distorted, especially when repeated over and over. Paul states that widows get into the habit of going from home to home, looking for something to occupy their idleness.
Wanawake hawa kama ilivyoelezwa "wasengenyaji na wajongezi na wadadisi, wakinene maneno yasiyowapasa" (1 Timotheo 5: 12-13). Kwa sababu wanawake huwa wanatumia muda wao mwingi nyumbani na kufanya kazi kwa karibu na wanawake wengine, wao husikia na kuchunguza hali ambayo inaweza kuwa potofu, hasa wakati inarudiwa mara kwa mara. Paulo anasema kwamba wajane huingia katika tabia ya kwenda kutoka nyumbani kwa nyumbani, kuangalia kitu cha kusiba uvivu wao.