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;
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And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
Leviticus
LawThou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
Genesis
LawAnd the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
1 Chronicles
HistoryIn all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
Luke
GospelsAll they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Genesis
Law / MosesNow I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
Numbers
LawThis man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
Luke
GospelsAnd he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
2 Chronicles
HistoryOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesForasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
Luke
GospelsHe layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
Micah
Minor ProphetsThou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalms
PoetryAnd sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: