Titus 1:7

New King James Version

For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,

Cross References

2 Peter 2:10

and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries,

Ephesians 5:18

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

1 Peter 5:2

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly;

1 Peter 4:10

As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Luke 12:42

And the Lord said, “Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?

Ezekiel 44:21

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

Isaiah 28:7

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

Proverbs 14:17

A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of wicked intentions is hated.

Proverbs 15:18

A wrathful man stirs up strife, But he who is slow to anger allays contention.

Titus 2:3

the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—

Titus 1:5

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you—

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

Matthew 24:45

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

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Proverbs 16:32

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

Leviticus 10:9

“Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,

Genesis 49:6

Let not my soul enter their council; Let not my honor be united to their assembly; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hamstrung an ox.