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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Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHow long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonMarriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
Judges
HistoryFor he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Exodus
Law / MosesTherefore 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 / JeremiahLet us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Hebrews
General EpistlesHere is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnNow concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAgain the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Acts
HistoryMoreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Luke
GospelsAzareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Ezra
History / EzraAll ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTo what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.