1 Timothy 3:8
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Qualifications of Deacons
8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, (A)not given to much wine, not greedy for money,
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Philippians 1:1
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Greeting
1 Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ,
To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the [a]bishops and (A)deacons:
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- Philippians 1:1 Lit. overseers
Titus 2:3
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3 the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—
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1 Timothy 5:23
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23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent [a]infirmities.
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- 1 Timothy 5:23 illnesses
1 Timothy 3:3
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3 not [a]given to wine, not violent, [b]not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not [c]covetous;
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- 1 Timothy 3:3 addicted
- 1 Timothy 3:3 NU omits not greedy for money
- 1 Timothy 3:3 loving money
Acts 6:3-6
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3 Therefore, brethren, (A)seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this (B)business; 4 but we (C)will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, (D)a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and (E)Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and (F)Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch, 6 whom they set before the apostles; and (G)when they had prayed, (H)they laid hands on them.
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Leviticus 10:9
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9 (A)“Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,
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James 3:10
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10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
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Titus 1:7
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7 For a [a]bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, (A)not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,
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- Titus 1:7 Lit. overseer
1 Timothy 3:12
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12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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Ezekiel 44:21
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21 (A)No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.
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Psalm 52:2
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2 Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 12:2
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2 (A)They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and [a]a double heart they speak.
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- Psalm 12:2 An inconsistent mind
Psalm 5:9
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9 For there is no [a]faithfulness in their mouth;
Their inward part is destruction;
(A)Their throat is an open tomb;
They flatter with their tongue.
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- Psalm 5:9 uprightness
1 Peter 5:2
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2 (A)Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, (B)not by compulsion but [a]willingly, (C)not for dishonest gain but eagerly;
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- 1 Peter 5:2 NU adds according to God
Romans 3:13
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13 “Their(A) throat is an open [a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
(B)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
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- Romans 3:13 grave
Psalm 50:19
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19 You give your mouth to evil,
And (A)your tongue frames deceit.
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