Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSo they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
1 Chronicles
HistoryTherefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
2 Samuel
HistoryIn that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahEven so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTherefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsEven as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
Luke
Gospels / LukeHow long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
Psalms
PoetrySearch the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
John
Gospels / JohnCut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulSing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
Acts
History / LukeThou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
Deuteronomy
LawFor he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThat the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterLORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersRender therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBut he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.