1 Timothy 3:8

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

Likewise, deacons are to be honorable, not double-tongued, not being given to much wine, not eager for ill gain,

Cross References

Psalm 12:2

They speak vanity, each man with his neighbor; with flattering lips and with a heart and a heart they speak.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is engulfing ruin; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 50:19

You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

Psalm 52:2

Like a sharp razor your tongue devises destruction, working deceit.

Ezekiel 44:21

And every priest shall not drink wine when they go into the inner court.

Leviticus 10:9

You shall not drink wine and fermented liquor, you and not your sons with you, as you go into the tabernacle of the congregation, and you shall not die; a never-ending statute throughout your generations;

Romans 3:13

“Their throat is a tomb being opened;” “they used deceit with their tongues; the poison of asps is under their lips;

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, slaves of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:

1 Timothy 3:12

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

1 Timothy 3:2

Therefore it is right for the overseer to be blameless, husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, well-ordered, hospitable, apt at teaching;

1 Timothy 3:3

not given to wine, not a quarreler, not loving silver, but gentle, not contentious, not eager for ill gain;

1 Timothy 5:23

No longer drink water, but use a little wine on account of your stomach and your frequent infirmities.

Titus 1:7

(It is right for the overseer to be blameless as a steward of God) not self-pleasing, not prone to anger, not given to wine, not a quarreler, not greedy of ill gain;

Titus 2:3

aged women likewise in reverent behavior, not slanderers, not having been enslaved by much wine, teachers of good,

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not fitting for these things to be so.

1 Peter 5:2

Shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly, nor eagerly for base gain, but readily;