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
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

The husband

Leviticus 21:7
They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
Ezekiel 44:22
They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
Malachi 2:15
Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.
Luke 1:5
In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah,of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
1 Timothy 3:12
Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

Having

Genesis 18:19
For I have chosen him, 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 to Abraham what he has promised him."
1 Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy ministered to the LORD in the presence of Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 3:12
On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
1 Timothy 3:4
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,

Not

Proverbs 28:7
The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Or

Titus 1:10
For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

General references

Leviticus 14:42
Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house.
Ezekiel 44:9
"Thus says the Lord GOD: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary.

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