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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Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
Luke
GospelsAnd God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
Numbers
LawAnd Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
Genesis
Law / MosesAs for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsLet there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSo Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAlso, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
1 Samuel
HistoryLittle children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
Judges
HistoryAnd when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
1 Chronicles
HistorySo shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewO keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersConcerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIf thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThey bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
Job
WisdomAbram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.