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 overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

The husband

Leviticus 21:7
"'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.
Ezekiel 44:22
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
Malachi 2:15
Did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why 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, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
1 Timothy 3:12
Let servants 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 the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
1 Samuel 2:11
Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD 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 to the end.
1 Timothy 3:4
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

Not

Proverbs 28:7
Whoever keeps the Law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Or

Titus 1:10
For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
1 Thessalonians 5:14
We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all.

General references

Leviticus 14:42
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 says the Lord GOD, 'No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.