Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

General references

Bible References

Any

1 Timothy 3:2
The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

The husband

Leviticus 21:7
They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.
Ezekiel 44:22
And they shall not take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.
Malachi 2:15
And did not one make them? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed of God. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth,
Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abia, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
1 Timothy 3:12
Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well:

Having

Genesis 18:19
For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him.
1 Samuel 2:11
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the boy ministered to Jehovah in the presence of Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 3:12
In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house; I will begin and make an end.
1 Timothy 3:4
conducting his own house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Not

Proverbs 28:7
Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.

Or

Titus 1:10
For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of the circumcision,
1 Thessalonians 5:14
But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all.

General references

Leviticus 14:42
And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and they shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.
Ezekiel 44:9
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: No stranger, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.