Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Job
WisdomAnd by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Numbers
Law / MosesSeest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
Genesis
LawAnd as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Esther
HistoryAnd put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Job
WisdomWherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
Luke
GospelsAnd thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
2 Kings
HistoryThe king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
2 Samuel
HistoryHow our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.