| 1 Timothy 3 2 |
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; |
| 1 Timothy 3 1 |
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. |
| 1 Timothy 3 8 |
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; |
| Hebrews 7 26 |
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; |
| Numbers 5 10 |
And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. |
| Psalms 19 13 |
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. |
| Philippians 3 6 |
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. |
| Malachi 2 7 |
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. |
| Hebrews 2 17 |
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. |
| Hebrews 4 15 |
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. |
| 1 Timothy 6 13 |
I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; |
| Hebrews 5 1 |
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: |
| 2 Chronicles 31 18 |
And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness: |
| Numbers 18 7 |
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. |
| Hebrews 8 4 |
For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: |
| Genesis 43 9 |
I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: |
| Leviticus 27 12 |
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. |
| Deuteronomy 15 14 |
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. |
| 2 Chronicles 6 41 |
Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. |
| 1 Peter 5 2 |
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; |
| Isaiah 52 13 |
Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. |
| 3 John 1 6 |
Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: |
| 1 Timothy 3 3 |
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; |
| Hosea 4 4 |
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. |
| Psalms 143 2 |
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. |
| Romans 3 25 |
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; |
| 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. |
| Psalms 132 9 |
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. |
| Hebrews 3 1 |
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; |
| Hebrews 7 27 |
Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. |
| Revelation 14 5 |
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. |
| 1 Timothy 3 10 |
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. |
| Ezekiel 44 13 |
And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. |
| Jeremiah 6 13 |
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. |
| Exodus 19 22 |
And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. |
| Genesis 44 32 |
For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. |
| Daniel 4 27 |
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. |
| Romans 6 13 |
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. |
| Leviticus 16 32 |
And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: |
| 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. |
| Hebrews 10 11 |
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: |
| Nehemiah 1 11 |
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer. |
| Hebrews 7 20 |
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: |
| 2 Chronicles 6 23 |
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness. |
| Luke 16 2 |
And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. |
| 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. |
| 1 Samuel 2 36 |
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. |
| Habakkuk 2 5 |
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: |
| Romans 1 5 |
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: |
| Hebrews 9 9 |
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; |