Acts 6:2

So the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.

Exodus 18:17-26

Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.

Numbers 11:11-13

Moses said to the LORD, "Why have you treated with your servant so badly? Why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?

Deuteronomy 1:9-14

I spoke to you at that time, saying, "I am not able to bear you myself alone:

Nehemiah 6:3

I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down. Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?"

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

Acts 21:22

What then? They will certainly hear that you have come.

Acts 25:27

For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."

2 Timothy 2:4

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

The twelve

General references

Bible References

The twelve

Acts 21:22
What then? They will certainly hear that you have come.

It

Acts 4:19
But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
Acts 25:27
For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him."

We should

Exodus 18:17
Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.
Numbers 11:11
Moses said to the LORD, "Why have you treated with your servant so badly? Why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
Deuteronomy 1:9
I spoke to you at that time, saying, "I am not able to bear you myself alone:
Nehemiah 6:3
I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down. Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?"
2 Timothy 2:4
No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

General references

Acts 15:6
The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.