Titus 1:6
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6 (A)if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,[a] and his children are believers[b] and not open to the charge of (B)debauchery or insubordination.
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1 Timothy 3:12
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12 Let deacons each be (A)the husband of one wife, (B)managing their children and their own households well.
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1 Timothy 3:2-7
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2 Therefore (A)an overseer[a] must be above reproach, (B)the husband of one wife,[b] (C)sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, (D)hospitable, (E)able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but (F)gentle, not quarrelsome, (G)not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity (H)keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for (I)God's church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may (J)become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by (K)outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into (L)a snare of the devil.
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- 1 Timothy 3:2 Or bishop; Greek episkopos; a similar term occurs in verse 1
- 1 Timothy 3:2 Or a man of one woman; also verse 12
Titus 1:6-8
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6 (A)if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,[a] and his children are believers[b] and not open to the charge of (B)debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer,[c] (C)as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not (D)be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent (E)or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, (F)and disciplined.
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Titus 1:10
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10 For there are many who are insubordinate, (A)empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of (B)the circumcision party.[a]
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- Titus 1:10 Or especially those of the circumcision
Ephesians 5:18
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18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, for that is (B)debauchery, but (C)be filled with the Spirit,
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Ezekiel 44:22
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22 (A)They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
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Leviticus 21:7
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7 (A)They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman (B)divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
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1 Thessalonians 5:14
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14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish (A)the idle,[a] (B)encourage the fainthearted, (C)help the weak, (D)be patient with them all.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:14 Or disorderly, or undisciplined
Luke 1:5
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Malachi 2:15
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15 (A)Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?[a] And what was the one God[b] seeking?[c] (B)Godly offspring. So guard yourselves[d] in your spirit, and let none of you be (C)faithless to the wife of your youth.
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- Malachi 2:15 Hebrew in it
- Malachi 2:15 Hebrew the one
- Malachi 2:15 Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?
- Malachi 2:15 Or So take care; also verse 16
Proverbs 28:7
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7 The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
but (A)a companion of gluttons shames his father.
1 Samuel 3:12-13
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12 On that day I will fulfill against Eli (A)all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13 (B)And I declare to him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, (C)because his sons were blaspheming God,[a] (D)and he did not restrain them.
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- 1 Samuel 3:13 Or blaspheming for themselves
1 Samuel 2:29-30
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29 Why then do you (A)scorn[a] my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded for my dwelling, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’ 30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: (B)‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ (C)but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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- 1 Samuel 2:29 Hebrew kick at
1 Samuel 2:22
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Eli Rebukes His Sons
22 Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who (A)were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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1 Samuel 2:11
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11 Then Elkanah went home (A)to Ramah. (B)And the boy[a] was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
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Leviticus 21:14
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14 A widow, (A)or a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take as his wife a virgin[a] of his own people,
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- Leviticus 21:14 Hebrew young woman
Genesis 18:19
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19 For I have (A)chosen[a] him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”
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- Genesis 18:19 Hebrew known
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