For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
Luke
GospelsAnd Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
Judges
History / SamuelNevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
Genesis
Law / MosesO LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
Deuteronomy
LawI will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
Psalms
PoetryThen Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIn the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
John
GospelsThou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalms
PoetryThey took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
Genesis
Law / MosesThen all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.