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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Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exodus
LawHim that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
Judges
HistoryThou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
2 Kings
HistoryThen shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Numbers
Law / MosesThat at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Genesis
LawSaying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
James
General EpistlesOr who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBut when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
Acts
HistoryAnd he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
Mark
GospelsYea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
Deuteronomy
LawBy the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulShe weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahTheir widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
Ruth
HistoryAnd before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: