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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O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAn altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesIn the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.
Leviticus
LawMany seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsConcerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Matthew
GospelsThey provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
Numbers
LawWhen thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSeven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesSo Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsDuke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,