1 Peter 5:2
"Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;"
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- Titus 1:7
"For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;"
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 3:8
"Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;"
Read in chapter → - Titus 3:1
"Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,"
Read in chapter → - Acts 20:26
"Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men."
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 3:3
"Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;"
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 9:7
"Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?"
Read in chapter → - Ezekiel 34:2
"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?"
Read in chapter → - John 21:15
"So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs."
Read in chapter → - Micah 7:14
"Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old."
Read in chapter → - Titus 1:11
"Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake."
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