Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

General references

Bible References

Any

1 Timothy 3:2
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

The husband

Leviticus 21:7
They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
Ezekiel 44:22
And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
Malachi 2:15
But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did that one do while he was seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth.
Luke 1:5
In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
1 Timothy 3:12
Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households.

Having

Genesis 18:19
For 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 righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”
1 Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the boy ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 3:12
In that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
1 Timothy 3:4
He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity

Not

Proverbs 28:7
He who keeps the law is a discerning son,
But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

Or

Titus 1:10
For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
1 Thessalonians 5:14
We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

General references

Leviticus 14:42
Then they shall take other stones and replace those stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.
Ezekiel 44:9
‘Thus says the Lord God, “No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.