Titus 1:7
For it is needful that the overseer be - unaccusable, as God's steward, not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not ready to wound, not seeking gain by base means,
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said - Who then is the faithful steward, the prudent one, whom the lord will appoint over his body of attendants, to be giving, in due season, the measured allowance of wheat?
2 Peter 2:10
Most of all, however, them who go their way, after the flesh, with a coveting of defilement, and who despise, lordship, - daring! willful! before dignitaries, they tremble not, defaming,
Leviticus 10:9
Wine and strong drink, thou mayest not drink, - thou nor thy sons with thee when ye enter into the tent of meeting, so shall ye not die, - an age-abiding statute to your generations;
Isaiah 28:7
But as for these, With wine, do they reel, and With strong drink, do they stagger, - Priest and prophet, reel with strong drink They are swallowed up through wine They stagger through strong drink, They reel in prophetic vision, They totter in pronouncing judgment.
Ephesians 5:18
And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; -
1 Peter 4:10
Each one, according as he hath received a gift of favour, unto one another, ministering the same, as careful stewards of the manifold favour of God:
1 Peter 5:2
Shepherd the beloved flock of God, which is among you, - not by compulsion, but by choice, nor yet for base gain, but of a ready mind, -
Genesis 49:6
Into their circle, do not thou enter my soul! In their convocation, do not thou join mine honour! For in their anger, they slew brave men, And in their wantonness, they hamstrung oxen.
Proverbs 14:17
The impatient, worketh folly, and, a man of wicked devices, is hated.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man, stirreth up strife, but, he that is slow to anger, calmeth contention.
Proverbs 16:32
Better he that is slow to anger, than a hero, and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that captureth a city.
Proverbs 31:4-5
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor, for dignitaries, to desire strong drink,
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be rash in thy spirit, to be indignant, - for, indignation, in the bosom of dullards, doth remain.
Isaiah 56:10-12
His watchmen, are blind None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark, - Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.
Ezekiel 44:21
And wine, shall no priest drink, - when they enter into the inner court.
Matthew 24:45
Who then is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master hath appointed over his household, to give them food in season?
1 Corinthians 4:1-2
Let a man, so, be reckoning of us, as officers of Christ, and stewards of sacred secrets of God.
Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, - unto all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministers: -
1 Timothy 3:1-13
If anyone, for oversight, is eager, a noble work, doth he covet: -
2 Timothy 2:24-25
And, a servant of the Lord, ought not to strive, but to be, gentle, towards all, apt in teaching, ready to endure malice, -
Titus 1:5
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that, the things remaining undone, thou mightest completely set in order, and mightest establish, in every city, elders, as, I, with thee arranged: -
Titus 2:3
Aged women, in the same way, in deportment, as becometh sacred persons, not given to intrigue, nor yet, to much wine, enslaved, teachers of virtue, -
James 1:19-20
Ye know, my brethren beloved, - but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,