A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Job
WisdomAnd Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhen God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryThen the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Job
WisdomNeither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
John
GospelsBut the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
Deuteronomy
LawBut continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHow hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
Lamentations
Major ProphetsO my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
Luke
GospelsAnd they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
John
GospelsFinally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.