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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Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
Exodus
LawAnd after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsA friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs
WisdomThem also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesI rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
Psalms
PoetryThen they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
Deuteronomy
LawFor in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.
1 Kings
HistoryThe children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
Exodus
Law / MosesLift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Psalms
PoetryPraise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
Psalms
PoetryHow shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
Numbers
Law / MosesGo, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
Acts
HistoryI will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIt is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen said the high priest, Are these things so?
Acts
HistoryAnd I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
Exodus
LawThe vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsAnd there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.