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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For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThen answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Job
WisdomThou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
Luke
GospelsBut as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesWho are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
2 Samuel
HistoryHe that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Exodus
LawThen lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThere was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
Deuteronomy
LawThen said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielLet this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahNow therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThat his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBy them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Joshua
History / JoshuaIs not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?