Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

Not greedy

General references

Bible References

Not given to wine

1 Timothy 3:8
The deacons in like manner ought to be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not devoted to base gain,
Matthew 24:45
Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom the Lord has placed over his family to give them food in due season?
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, Who then is a faithful, a wise steward, whom the lord shall place over his family, to give them their proper food in due time?
Luke 21:34
Take heed to yourselves, that your hearts be not oppressed with revelling and drunkenness, and worldly cares, and that day come upon you suddenly;
Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the spirit,
Titus 1:7
For a bishop must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-indulgent, not soon angry, not given to wine, not contentious, not devoted to base gain,
Titus 2:3
that the aged women, in like manner, be of behavior becoming holiness, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,

Not greedy

Jude 1:11
Woe to them; for they have gone in the way of Cain, and rushed into the error of Balaam for a reward, and perished in the contradiction of Korah.

Filthy

1 Timothy 3:8
The deacons in like manner ought to be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not devoted to base gain,
Titus 1:7
For a bishop must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-indulgent, not soon angry, not given to wine, not contentious, not devoted to base gain,
1 Peter 5:2
feed the flock of God which is among you, not by constraint but willingly, not for base gain but of a ready mind,

Patient

1 Timothy 6:11
But do you, O man of God, avoid these things; but pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, meekness.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, comfort the dispirited, assist the sick, be of long suffering towards all men.
2 Timothy 2:24
and the servant of the Lord must not contend, but must be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient under evil,
Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother and companion in the affliction and kingdom and patience in Christ Jesus, was in the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Not covetous

Matthew 21:13
and said to them, It is written, my house shall be called a house of prayer; but you make it a den of robbers.
John 10:12
But the hired servant, and one who is not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf seizes and scatters them;
John 12:5
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denarii [$42], and given to the poor?
Acts 8:18
And Simon seeing that the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, offered them money,
Acts 20:33
I have coveted no man's silver or gold or clothing;
Romans 16:18
for such serve not our anointed Lord, but themselves, And by kind and complimentary words deceive the minds of the simple.
2 Peter 2:3
and with covetousness they will make a gain of you with feigned words, whose judgment a long time lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.
Revelation 18:11
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and lament for her, because no one buys their wares any more,

General references

1 Timothy 5:23
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine on account of your stomach and your frequent infirmities.