Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Bible References

Brethren

Acts 9:30
they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
Acts 15:23
They conveyed the following letter. "The apostles and the presbyters of the brotherhood to the brothers who belong to the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: greeting.
Matthew 23:8
But you are not to be called 'rabbi,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers;
1 John 3:14
We know we have crossed from death to life, because we love the brotherhood; he who has no love [for his brother] remains in death.

Look

Acts 1:21
Well then, of the men who have been associated with us all the time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
1 Corinthians 16:3
On my arrival I will furnish credentials for those whom you select, and send them to convey your bounty to Jerusalem;
2 Corinthians 8:19
besides, he has been appointed by the churches to travel with me on the business of administering this fund to the glory of the Lord. His appointment has my full consent,

Whom

Acts 6:6
these men they presented to the apostles, who, after prayer, laid their hands upon them.
Acts 13:2
As they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Come! set me apart Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
1 Timothy 3:8
Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering;