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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And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
Joshua
HistoryLet me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Psalms
PoetryThere is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonGive thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhen he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesThese are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
John
GospelsThis dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
Daniel
Major ProphetsHis offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
LawAnd Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaHe sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
John
GospelsThy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThat thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThat the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job
WisdomThey come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,