1 Timothy 3:2
3:2 The overseer
then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,
temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,
Deuteronomy 31:23
31:23 and the
Lord commissioned Joshua son of Nun, “Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.”
Deuteronomy 31:1
Succession of Moses by Joshua
31:1 Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
Deuteronomy 2:2
2:2 At this point the
Lord said to me,
Deuteronomy 2:4
2:4 Instruct
these people as follows: ‘You are about to cross the border of your relatives
the descendants of Esau,
who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves carefully.
Deuteronomy 2:1
The Journey from Kadesh Barnea to Moab
2:1 Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea just as the Lord told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.
Deuteronomy 22:13
Purity in the Marriage Relationship
22:13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and then rejects her,
Deuteronomy 28:9-21
28:9 The
Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments
and obey him.
28:10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the
Lord, and they will respect you.
28:11 The
Lord will greatly multiply your children,
the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he
promised your ancestors
he would give you.
28:12 The
Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do;
you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.
28:13 The
Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his
commandments which I am urging
you today to be careful to do.
28:14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving
you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship
them.
Curses as Reversal of Blessings
28:15 “But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:
28:16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.
28:17 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed.
28:18 Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
28:19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
Curses by Disease and Drought
28:20 “The Lord will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me.
28:21 The Lord will plague you with deadly diseases until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess.
Acts 1:2
1:2 until the day he was taken up to heaven,
after he had given orders
by
the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.