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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Ezra
History / EzraAnd the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
Luke
Gospels / LukeMy soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
Joshua
HistoryAnd when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
Acts
History / LukeWhat is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
Numbers
LawAnd next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHowbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Esther
HistoryThen Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Judges
History / SamuelWhen the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
Judges
History / SamuelAnd when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
Acts
History / LukeTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
John
Gospels / JohnIt is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.