Titus 1:6

Instructions To Titus In Crete

⁵ The reason I left you in Crete was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders in every town: ⁶ one who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of wildness or rebellion. ⁷ For an overseer, as God’s administrator, must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not addicted to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money,

Titus

1 Timothy 3:2-7

An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

1 Timothy 3:12

Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently.

Titus 1:10

For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.

Genesis 18:19

For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfill to Abraham what He promised him.”

Leviticus 21:7

They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution. They are not to marry one divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

Leviticus 21:14

He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

1 Samuel 2:11

Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:22

Now Eli was very old. He heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

1 Samuel 2:29-30

Why, then, do all of you despise My sacrifices and offerings that I require at the place of worship? You have honored your sons more than Me, by making yourselves fat with the best part of all of the offerings of My people Israel.’

1 Samuel 3:12-13

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I said about his family, from beginning to end.

Proverbs 28:7

A discerning son keeps the law,
but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

Ezekiel 44:22

He is not to marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

Malachi 2:15

Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek? A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.

Luke 1:5

In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a priest of Abijah’s division named Zechariah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Ephesians 5:18

And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we exhort you, brothers: warn those who are irresponsible, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Titus 1:6-8

one who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of wildness or rebellion.