1 Timothy 3:8

New English Translation

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,

Cross References

Psalm 12:2

People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

Psalm 5:9

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

Psalm 50:19

You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

Ezekiel 44:21

No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court.

Leviticus 10:9

“Do not drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you enter into the Meeting Tent, so that you do not die, which is a perpetual statute throughout your generations,

Romans 3:13

“Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”

Philippians 1:1

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

1 Timothy 3:12

Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.

1 Timothy 3:2

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

1 Timothy 3:3

not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

1 Timothy 5:23

(Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.)

Titus 1:7

For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.

Titus 2:3

Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.

James 3:10

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

1 Peter 5:2

Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.