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 you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one 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 Zacharias, of the priestly 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 Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
1 Samuel 2:11
Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to Yahweh 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 Yahweh, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.