Titus 1:6
An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.
1 Timothy 3:2-7
The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,
1 Timothy 3:12
Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.
Titus 1:10
For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections,
Genesis 18:19
I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then the Lord will give to Abraham what he promised him."
Leviticus 21:7
They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
Leviticus 21:14
He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife.
1 Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 2:22
Now Eli was very old when he heard about everything that his sons used to do to all the people of Israel and how they used to have sex with the women who were stationed at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
1 Samuel 2:29-30
Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.'
1 Samuel 3:12-13
On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I spoke about his house -- from start to finish!
Proverbs 28:7
The one who keeps the law is a discerning child, but a companion of gluttons brings shame to his parents.
Ezekiel 44:22
They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest's widow.
Malachi 2:15
No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.
Luke 1:5
During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.
Ephesians 5:18
And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.
Titus 1:6-8
An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.