1 Timothy 3:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.”
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“Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;”
King James Version · Public Domain“Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Timothy 3:8 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 10:9“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- Psalms 5:9For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
- Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- Psalms 50:19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Ezekiel 44:21No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
- Acts 6:3Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them
- Romans 3:13“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
- Philippians 1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:
- 1 Timothy 3:3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
- 1 Timothy 3:12A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
- 1 Timothy 5:23Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
- Titus 1:7As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
- Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
- James 3:10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
- 1 Peter 5:2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
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