Titus 1:7

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts

“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.

But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason.

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of fermented drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

Yahweh has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the middle of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction.”

But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.

Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account.

Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,

But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”

I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

“Come,” say they, “I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be as today, great beyond measure.”

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

None of the priests shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

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

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you,

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,

In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.