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 also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
Genesis
Law / MosesWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThat thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.
Deuteronomy
LawI will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
Genesis
LawThen shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
Ezra
HistoryNeither shalt thou steal.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawWherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahNow therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
Ezra
History / EzraFor yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTake the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Numbers
LawAnd the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
Luke
GospelsThey shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;