1 Timothy 3:4

World English Bible (2000)

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 3:12 : 12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
  • Titus 1:6 : 6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
  • Gen 18:19 : 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."
  • Josh 24:15 : 15 If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."
  • Ps 101:2-8 : 2 I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart. 3 I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me. 4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil. 5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited. 6 My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me. 7 He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes. 8 Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh's city. A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.
  • Acts 10:2 : 2 a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.
  • Titus 2:2 : 2 that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:
  • Titus 2:7 : 7 in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

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  • 1 Tim 3:5-6
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    5 (but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

    6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

  • 1 Tim 3:11-12
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    11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

    12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

  • Titus 1:6-8
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    6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

    7 For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

    8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;

  • 1 Tim 3:1-3
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    1 This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.

    2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

    3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

  • Titus 2:4-7
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    4 that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5 to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.

    6 Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded;

    7 in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,

  • Eph 6:3-4
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    3 "that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."

    4 You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • Col 3:18-21
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    18 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

    19 Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.

    20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

    21 Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.

  • 1 Pet 3:1-2
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    1 In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don't obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

    2 seeing your pure behavior in fear.

  • 1 Tim 5:4
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    4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

  • 1 Pet 3:5-7
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    5 For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

    6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

    7 You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

  • Titus 3:1
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    1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14 I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

  • Prov 17:2
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    2 A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

  • 1 Thess 4:4
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    4 that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

  • Titus 2:2
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    2 that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

  • Prov 22:6
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    6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Eph 5:22
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    22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 5:7-8
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    7 Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

    8 But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

  • Eph 5:24
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    24 But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

  • Prov 4:1
    68%

    1 Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

  • Deut 21:18
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    18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them;

  • Prov 17:6
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    6 Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

  • Eph 6:1
    68%

    1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

  • 1 Tim 3:15
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    15 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

  • Titus 2:9
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    9 Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

  • 1 Tim 5:17
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    17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

  • Isa 3:4
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    4 I will give boys to be their princes, and children shall rule over them.

  • Prov 31:27
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    27 She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't eat the bread of idleness.

  • 1 Tim 3:8
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    8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

  • Prov 20:7
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    7 A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

  • Prov 19:14
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    14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1 Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

  • Ps 128:3
    67%

    3 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.