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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And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
Genesis
LawThen came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Matthew
GospelsFor the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
John
Gospels / JohnJehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
2 Kings
HistoryI removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
Psalms
PoetryNow therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked:
Acts
History / LukeBehold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Revelation
ApocalypticOf all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
Leviticus
LawAnd it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIt is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
Mark
GospelsEven when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesThe liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs
WisdomThe LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesQuenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Hebrews
General EpistlesBehold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
Genesis
LawIt was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
Exodus
LawAnd they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.