Thematic Bible: Should not be
Thematic Bible
Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
feed the flock of God that is among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,
Verse Concepts
God, As ShepherdCovetingChurch Authority, Of EldarsEnthusiasmeagernessdiligenceBishops, Dutiesdefence, humanGreed, Believers' Response ToGuardsHiringMinistry, In The ChurchMoney, Attitudes ToResponsibility, For God's WorldShepherds, As Church LeaderUnselfishnessWatchfulness, Of LeadersMaterialismMoneyPastors
Ministrants -- in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,
'The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet;
not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair;
as sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.
Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please -- Christ's servant I should not be.
but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,
Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;
and Jesus said to him, 'Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.'
Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;
not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;
Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,
Widow's » Should not be » Oppressed
Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,
And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.
Widow's » Should not be » Deprived of raiment in pledge
'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;
Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.
Widow's » Should not be » Afflicted
'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;