This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
Mark
Gospels / MarkIf thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Job
WisdomAnd they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThey have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBlessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
Mark
GospelsAnd when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewMoreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThese are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Genesis
LawAnd as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
John
Gospels / JohnHe hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat the LORD spake unto me, saying,
Deuteronomy
LawFor both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
Genesis
LawYet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBlessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.