Qualifications for Deacons


4337 prosecho (pros-ekh'-o)
from 4314 and 2192; ;v (literally: possessed by)
AV-beware 7, give heed to 5, take heed to 3, give heed unto 1, take heed 1, take heed unto 1, take heed whereunto+3739 1, misc 5; 24


1) to bring to, bring near
1a) to bring a ship to land, and simply to touch at, put in
2) to turn the mind to, attend to be attentive
2a) to a person or a thing: of caring for, providing for
3) to attend to one's self, i.e. to give heed to one's self
3a) give attention to, take heed
4) to apply one's self to, attach one's self to, hold or cleave to a person or a thing
4a) to be given or addicted to
4b) to devote thought and effort to
NEW TESTAMENT USAGE

Matthew 6:1 Take heed <4337> that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 7:15 Beware <4337> of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Matthew 10:17 But beware <4337> of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

Matthew 16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware <4337> of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Matthew 16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware <4337> of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

Matthew 16:12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware <4337> of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Luke 12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware <4337> ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 17:3 Take heed <4337> to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Luke 20:46 Beware <4337> of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

Luke 21:34 And take heed <4337> to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Acts 5:35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed <4337> to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

Acts 8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed <4337> unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

Acts 8:10 To whom they all gave heed <4337>, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

Acts 8:11 And to him they had regard <4337>, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

Acts 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended <4337> unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Acts 20:28 Take heed <4337> therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

1 Timothy 1:4 Neither give heed <4337> to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

1 Timothy 3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given <4337> to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed <4337> to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come, give attendance <4337> to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

Titus 1:14 Not giving heed <4337> to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed <4337> to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

Hebrews 7:13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance <4337> at the altar.

2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed <4337>, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: