A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
Genesis
LawO LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsI also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
Numbers
LawShe crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulPraise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs
WisdomFor the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Genesis
LawWho, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Acts
History / LukeI will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Joshua
HistoryThen said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
Esther
HistoryThe waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job
WisdomI beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;