Titus 1:6
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6 someone who is blameless, married only once,[a] whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.(A)
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- 1.6 Gk husband of one wife
1 Timothy 3:12
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12 Let deacons be married only once,[a] and let them manage their children and their households well;
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- 3.12 Gk be husbands of one wife
1 Timothy 3:2-7
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2 Now a bishop[a] must be above reproach, married only once,[b] temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,(A) 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.(B) 4 He must manage his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church? 6 He must not be a recent convert,[c] or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil.(C)
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Titus 1:6-8
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6 someone who is blameless, married only once,[a] whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.(A) 7 For a bishop,[b] as God’s steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or addicted to wine or violent or greedy for gain,(B) 8 but he must be hospitable,[c] a lover of goodness, self-controlled, upright, devout, and restrained,
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Titus 1:10
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10 There are also many rebellious people, idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision;(A)
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Ephesians 5:18
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18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,(A)
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Ezekiel 44:22
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22 They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but only a virgin of the stock of the house of Israel or a widow who is the widow of a priest.(A)
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Leviticus 21:7
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7 They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband. For they are holy to their God,(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:14
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14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.(A)
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Luke 1:5
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The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
5 In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly order of Abijah. His wife was descended from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.(A)
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Proverbs 28:7
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7 Those who keep the law are wise children,
but companions of gluttons shame their parents.(A)
1 Samuel 3:12-13
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12 On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.(A) 13 For I have told him that I am about to punish his house forever for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God,[a] and he did not restrain them.(B)
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- 3.13 Gk: Heb cursing for themselves
1 Samuel 2:29-30
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29 Why then look[a] with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings[b] and honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?(A) 30 Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever, 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 treated with contempt.(B)
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1 Samuel 2:22
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Prophecy against Eli’s Household
22 Now Eli was very old. He heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel and how they lay with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(A)
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1 Samuel 2:11
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Eli’s Wicked Sons
11 Then they left him there before the Lord and went[a] home to Ramah, while the boy remained to minister to the Lord in the presence of the priest Eli.(A)
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- 2.11 Gk: Heb Then Elkanah went
Leviticus 21:14
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14 A widow or a divorced woman or a woman who has been defiled, a prostitute—these he shall not marry. He shall marry a virgin of his own people,
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Genesis 18:19
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19 No, for I have chosen[a] him, that he may charge 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 about for Abraham what he has promised him.”(A)
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- 18.19 Heb known
Malachi 2:15
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15 Did God[a] not make them one, flesh with spirit in it? And what does the one desire? Godly offspring. So look to yourselves, and do not let anyone be faithless to the wife of his youth.[b](A)
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