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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I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaO LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersKnow ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
Luke
GospelsBut now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
Acts
History / LukeFor the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
Hebrews
General EpistlesBut if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhere the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesThen said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
2 Kings
HistoryBut the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
John
GospelsAnd a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,