Thematic Bible: Should not be
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Ministers » Should not be » Greedy of filthy lucre
Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,
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Helpers likewise, be honorable, not double-tongued, not attending to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
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I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
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no drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain, but meek, noncontentious, no lover of money,
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Ministers » Should not be » Easily dispirited
restricted in everything, yet not confined, perplexed but not despairing,
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as grieving, but always rejoicing; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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Ministers » Should not be » Men-pleasers
For do I now trust men or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I were still pleasing men I would not be a bondman of Christ.
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but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good-news, thus we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who proves our hearts.
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Ministers » Should not be » Entangled by cares
No man who serves in the military entangles himself in the affairs of life, so that he may please the man who enlisted the army.
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But Jesus said to him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but thou, after departing, proclaim the kingdom of God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Contentious
For the overseer must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-willed, not prone to angry, not a drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain,
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no drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain, but meek, noncontentious, no lover of money,
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Ministers » Should not be » Crafty
But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.
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Ministers » Should not be » Lords over God's heritage
nor as domineering over the lots, but becoming examples of the flock.
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Widow's » Should not be » Oppressed
if ye do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own hurt,
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And do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor man. And let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.
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Widow's » Should not be » Deprived of raiment in pledge
Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge,
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Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
Thus says LORD: Execute ye justice and righteousness. And deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. And do no wrong. Do no violence to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in t
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Widow's » Should not be » Afflicted
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
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