For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?


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Ephesians 1 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Genesis 41 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Numbers 27 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
1 Timothy 3 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Proverbs 20 24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Ephesians 5 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
1 Samuel 13 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
2 Samuel 7 25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
Psalms 47 8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
Zechariah 6 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
2 Chronicles 23 6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
Judges 19 23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Isaiah 3 7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
Ephesians 5 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Joel 2 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Ecclesiastes 8 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Psalms 83 12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
2 Kings 10 5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
Daniel 4 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
1 Timothy 3 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Hebrews 10 21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
Hebrews 3 6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
1 Corinthians 11 22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
Matthew 20 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Psalms 92 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Ezra 6 7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
3 John 1 9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
Psalms 65 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
1 Corinthians 7 17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
Proverbs 17 2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
1 Corinthians 7 20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
1 Timothy 5 8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Deuteronomy 25 9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
2 Samuel 7 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
Proverbs 29 26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
1 Peter 5 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
1 Samuel 8 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
Matthew 18 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Psalms 132 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
Acts 20 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Jeremiah 10 21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
Ezekiel 44 16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
Ezekiel 44 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
Matthew 20 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Mark 11 17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Job 34 19 How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
Matthew 10 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
1 Kings 13 8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
1 Samuel 2 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
Psalms 112 3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.