And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
Ezra
HistoryBut he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Mark
GospelsThe princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFurthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownBut neither so did their witness agree together.
Mark
GospelsFor, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSimon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Judges
History / SamuelDan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahA gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Proverbs
WisdomFor this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahDoth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke
Gospels / LukeWho was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
Psalms
PoetryThe archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
Genesis
LawAnd Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;