1 Timothy 3:3

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not a drunkard, not combative but restrained, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

Cross References

Proverbs 1:19

Thus, the ways of all those who are greedy seize the souls of those who possess.

Proverbs 15:27

Whoever pursues avarice disturbs his own house. But whoever hates bribes shall live. Through mercy and faith, sins are purged. But through the fear of the Lord, each one turns aside from evil.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

A false accusation troubles the wise man and saps the strength of his heart.

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the crown of arrogance, to the inebriated of Ephraim, and to the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, to those who were at the top of the very fat valley, staggering from wine.

Isaiah 28:7

Yet truly, these also have been ignorant due to wine, and they have gone astray due to inebriation. The priest and the prophet have been ignorant because of inebriation. They have been absorbed by wine. They have staggered in drunkenness. They have not known the One who sees. They have been ignorant of judgment.

Jeremiah 6:13

Certainly, from the least of them even to the greatest, all of them practice greed. And from the prophet even to the priest, all of them act with deceit.

Jeremiah 8:10

Because of this, I will give their wives to outsiders and their fields to others as an inheritance. For from the least, even to the greatest, they all pursue avarice; from the prophet, even to the priest, they all act with deceit.

Ezekiel 44:21

And no priest shall drink wine, when he will be entering into the inner court.

Leviticus 10:9

"You shall not drink wine, nor anything that is able to inebriate you or your sons, when you enter into the tabernacle of the testimony, lest you die. For it is an everlasting precept in your generations.

Micah 2:11

I wish that I were not a man who has breath, and that I rather spoke a lie. I will drop it down to you in wine and in drunkenness. And it will be this people on whom it will rain down.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders have judged for tributes, and her priests have taught for payment, and her prophets divined for money. And they leaned upon the Lord, saying: "Is not the Lord in our midst? No disaster will overcome us."

Micah 3:5

Thus says the Lord about the prophets who seduce my people: They bite with their teeth and preach peace, and if anyone does not give something to their mouth, they sanctify a battle against him.

Malachi 1:10

Who is there among you that would close the doors and enflame my altar without pay? I have no favor in you, says the Lord of hosts. And I will not accept a gift from your hand.

Matthew 21:13

And he said to them: "It is written: 'My house shall be called a house of prayer. But you have made it into a den of robbers.' "

Acts 20:33

I have coveted neither silver and gold, nor apparel,

Romans 16:18

For ones such as these do not serve Christ our Lord, but their inner selves, and, through pleasing words and skillful speaking, they seduce the hearts of the innocent.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we ask you, brothers: correct the disruptive, console the weak-minded, support the sick, be patient with everyone.

1 Timothy 3:8

Similarly, deacons must be chaste, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not pursuing tainted profit,

2 Timothy 3:2

Men will be lovers of themselves, greedy, self-exalting, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked,

Titus 1:11

These must be reproved, for they subvert entire houses, teaching things which should not be taught, for the favor of shameful gain.

Titus 1:7

And a bishop, as a steward of God, must be without offense: not arrogant, not short-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not desiring tainted profit,

Titus 2:3

Old women, similarly, should be in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well,

Titus 3:2

to speak evil of no one, not to be litigious, but to be reserved, displaying all meekness toward all men.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, "I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you."

James 4:1

Where do wars and contentions among you come from? Is it not from this: from your own desires, which battle within your members?

1 Peter 5:2

pasture the flock of God that is among you, providing for it, not as a requirement, but willingly, in accord with God, and not for the sake of tainted profit, but freely,

2 Peter 2:3

And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have gone after the way of Cain, and they have poured out the error of Balaam for profit, and they have perished in the sedition of Korah.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother, and a sharer in the tribulation and in the kingdom and in patient endurance for Christ Jesus, was on the island which is called Patmos, because of the Word of God and the testimony to Jesus.

1 Samuel 8:3

But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.