And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Esther
HistoryAnd he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
Judges
HistoryLet me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
Job
WisdomFor as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
Leviticus
LawBut Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
Acts
HistoryBut Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
Matthew
GospelsGo thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
Leviticus
LawDay unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
Joshua
History / JoshuaHow canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
Genesis
LawWill the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahDeclare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.