Titus 1:7

Because an overseer manages God's household, he must be blameless and free from self-will, anger, drunkenness, violence, and greed. It matters because those entrusted with God's people must be morally above reproach.

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• Eph 5:18Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
• 2 Pet 2:10but 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;
• 1 Pet 5:2Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
• 1 Pet 4:10As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.
• Luke 12:42The 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?
• Jas 1:19–20So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
• Isa 28:7They 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.
• 1 Tim 3:1–13This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.
• 2 Tim 2:24–25The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,
• Prov 14:17He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
• Ezek 44:21Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
• Prov 15:18A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
• Isa 56:10–12His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
• Phil 1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:
• Prov 16:32One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
• Prov 31:4–5It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’
• Eccl 7:9Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
• Lev 10:9“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.
• Titus 2:3and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
• Titus 1:5I 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;
• 1 Cor 4:1–2So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.
• Gen 49:6My 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.
• Matt 24:45“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

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