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;
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But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownHowbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
Deuteronomy
LawFor I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Psalms
PoetryThen they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
Numbers
LawAnd we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSo she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAs for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Matthew
GospelsIf the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
Leviticus
LawAnd it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesTo a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Luke
GospelsAnd thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
Exodus
Law / MosesHattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahIn the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.