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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Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAs newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
Numbers
LawYe which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Amos
Minor ProphetsSo the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
1 Samuel
HistoryIf fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
Exodus
LawAnd thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
Deuteronomy
LawTherefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOf the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
Exodus
LawNo man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John
Gospels / JohnThese sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
Ezra
History / EzraIt is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
Exodus
Law / MosesBehind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
Joshua
History / JoshuaRun ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
Luke
GospelsSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.