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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When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
John
Gospels / JohnBut this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
Hosea
Minor ProphetsI have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahForty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
Joshua
HistoryAnd they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSeparate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThis wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
James
General Epistles / JamesFor thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Matthew
GospelsAnd it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
Numbers
LawBut if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThen said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
Esther
History / MordecaiWho giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
John
GospelsWoe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.