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 smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhile we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesOh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
Judges
HistoryOne shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
Luke
Gospels / LukeLet the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms
PoetryNow Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
2 Kings
HistoryWithhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
Exodus
Law / MosesLest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
Psalms
PoetryAnd did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Luke
GospelsCommand the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.
Numbers
LawThat thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterWe heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.