1 Timothy 3:11

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In the same way, their wives must be dignified, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

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  • Titus 2:3 : 3 The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of good things;
  • 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those who are good,
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
  • 1 Tim 6:2 : 2 And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather serve them, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
  • Titus 3:2 : 2 To speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Rev 12:9-9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night."
  • Lev 21:7 : 7 They shall not take a wife who is a whore, or profane; nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.
  • Lev 21:13-15 : 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these he shall not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife. 15 Neither shall he profane his descendants among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He who does not slander with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor.
  • Ps 50:20 : 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that has a haughty look and a proud heart I will not endure.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.
  • Prov 25:13 : 13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.
  • Ezek 44:22 : 22 Neither shall they marry widows, nor her who is divorced; but they shall take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who had a priest before.
  • Matt 4:1 : 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
  • Luke 1:5-6 : 5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
  • John 6:70 : 70 Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
  • 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • 1 Tim 1:12 : 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

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    7 Moreover, he must have a good reputation with those outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

    8 Likewise, the deacons must be dignified, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain;

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    2 That the older men be sober, dignified, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

    3 The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of good things;

    4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

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    1 This is a true saying: If a man desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.

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    1 In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the word, they may also be won without a word by the conduct of their wives;

    2 While they observe your pure conduct with reverence.

    3 Let your beauty not be the outward adornment of braiding hair, wearing gold, or putting on apparel;

    4 But let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

    5 For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands:

    6 Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any fear.

    7 In the same way, you husbands, live with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

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