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;
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If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownOtherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
Acts
HistoryNow the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Judges
HistoryTurn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
Genesis
LawAnd he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus
LawAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
Acts
History / LukeNeither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraRemember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahEven as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
Luke
GospelsYe judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
John
GospelsAnd the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Esther
HistoryAnd those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
Numbers
Law / MosesLet the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesUntil I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
Exodus
Law / MosesTheir horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukThen said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: