A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosHowbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
Mark
Gospels / MarkIsrael was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
Numbers
Law / MosesAt thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Psalms
PoetryWhen their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
Luke
GospelsAnd Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
Genesis
LawHe that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAll thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnIf ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
John
GospelsFor they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhere are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewEven as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.