1 Timothy 3:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Deacons likewise must be serious, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for gain;

Cross References

Psalm 12:2

Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is destruction, their throat is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 50:19

“You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

Psalm 52:2

you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.

Ezekiel 44:21

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

Leviticus 10:9

“Drink no wine nor strong drink, you nor your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.

Romans 3:13

“Their throat is an open grave, they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.”

Philippians 1:1

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

1 Timothy 3:12

Let deacons be the husband of one wife, and let them manage their children and their households well;

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher,

1 Timothy 3:3

no drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money.

1 Timothy 5:23

No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

Titus 1:7

For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

Titus 2:3

Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good,

James 3:10

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so.

1 Peter 5:2

Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint but willingly, not for shameful gain but eagerly,