For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsDid I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Job
WisdomThe elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
3 John
General EpistlesAs for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHe that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs
WisdomIf a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAlso I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryMoreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
1 Samuel
HistoryBut now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
Psalms
PoetryThen said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
2 Samuel
HistorySpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielWoe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsIf we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
John
Gospels / JohnThe chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAs the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Exodus
Law / MosesAbram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
2 Chronicles
HistoryWho said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
Psalms
PoetryI would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.