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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For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Luke
GospelsBut he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Luke
GospelsAnd Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
Genesis
Law / MosesMaster, which is the great commandment in the law?
Matthew
GospelsAnd next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
Ruth
HistoryI tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Luke
GospelsO how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Psalms
PoetryLikewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahI am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
Psalms
PoetryAll the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
Exodus
Law / MosesYet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Job
WisdomAnd had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Samuel
HistoryWherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
Nehemiah
HistoryFor now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesWherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;