Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahForasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
Genesis
LawYet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
Ezra
HistoryMoreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
Psalms
PoetryThen the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhy dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
Job
Wisdom / JobNow when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Psalms
PoetryThen I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomO thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThese are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesRemember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Deuteronomy
LawFor if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Esther
History / MordecaiWe are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.