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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From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsFor they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
Joshua
History / JoshuaHath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
2 Kings
HistoryBecause he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job
Wisdom / JobFor the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Psalms
PoetryAnd a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTo hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Psalms
PoetryNow the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
Genesis
LawHear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahHear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThe LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumBeloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnHe that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAfter this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John
GospelsAnd it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulI rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
Psalms
PoetryYe are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAll things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonTherefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.