Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
Acts
HistoryMuch food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Proverbs
WisdomHolding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exodus
Law / MosesHe is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
Micah
Minor ProphetsCircumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanOne is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
Job
Wisdom / JobWho redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBlessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryWho is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
Numbers
LawFor our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Ezra
HistoryAll these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Ezra
History / EzraBut we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
1 Kings
HistoryIf I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.