And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Genesis
Law / MosesWisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThere is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Proverbs
WisdomThen Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHow he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
Mark
Gospels / MarkWhen thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSurely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exodus
LawAnd threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
Numbers
Law / MosesFor they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
Job
WisdomFor Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
John
GospelsThere the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.