Titus 1:7

Modern King James Version

For an overseer must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not full of passion, not given to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy for ill gain;

Cross References

Genesis 49:6

Oh my soul, do not come into their secret. Let not my honor be united with their assembly. For in their anger they killed a man, and in their self-will they hamstrung a bull.

Proverbs 14:17

He who is soon angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked plots is hated.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up fighting, but one slow to anger calms fighting.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit is better than he who takes a city.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Isaiah 28:7

But they also have sinned through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way. The priest and the prophet have sinned through drink; they are swallowed up by wine; they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Ezekiel 44:21

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

Leviticus 10:9

Do not drink wine nor strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest you die, a statute forever throughout your generations.

Matthew 24:45

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord has made ruler over His household, to give them food in due season?

Luke 12:42

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward whom his lord shall set over his houseservants, to give them their portion of food in season?

Ephesians 5:18

And do not be drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.

Titus 1:5

For this cause I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed you,

Titus 2:3

Let the aged women likewise be in reverent behavior, not slanderers, not enslaved by much wine, teachers of good;

1 Peter 4:10

each one as he received a gift, ministering it to yourselves as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

1 Peter 5:2

Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;

2 Peter 2:10

and especially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise dominion. They are darers, self-pleasing; not trembling at glories, speaking evil.