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
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

The husband

Leviticus 21:7
They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Ezekiel 44:22
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.
Malachi 2:15
And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Luke 1:5
There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
1 Timothy 3:12
Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Having

Genesis 18:19
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
1 Samuel 2:11
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 3:12
In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end.
1 Timothy 3:4
one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Not

Proverbs 28:7
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.

Or

Titus 1:10
For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

General references

Leviticus 14:42
and they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.
Ezekiel 44:9
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel.

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