Index of Scripture References from the Rule of St. Benedict

INDEX BY RULE CHAPTER

Prologue
 Romans 13:11
 Ps 95:7-8
 Rev. 2:7
 Ps 34:12
 Ps 34:13-14
 Isaiah 58:9
 1 Thessalonians 2:12
 Ps 15:1
 Ps 15:2-3
 Ps 15:4
 Ps 137:9
 Ps 115:1
 1 Corinthians 15:10
 2 Corinthians 10:17
 Matthew 7:24-25
 Romans 2:4
 Ezekiel 33:11

Chapter 1: The Kinds of Monks
 Proverbs 27:21

Chapter 2: Qualities of the Abbot
 Romans 8:15
 Ps 40:11
 Isaiah 1:2
 Ezekiel 20:27
 1 Corinthians 9:27
 Ps 50:16-17
 Matthew 7:3
 Galatians 3:28
 Ephesians 6:8
 Romans 2:11
 2 Timothy 4:2
 1 Samuel 2:11-2:18
 Proverbs 29:19
 Proverbs 23:14
 Matthew 6:33
 Ps 34:10

Chapter 3: Summoning the Brothers for Counsel
 Sirach 32:24

Chapter 4: The Tools for Good Works
 Matthew 22:37-39
 Mark 12:30-31
 Luke 10:27
 Romans 13:9
 Matthew 19:18
 Mark 10:19
 Luke 18:20
 1 Peter 2:17
 Tobit 4:16
 Matthew 7:12
 Luke 6:31
 Matthew 16:24
 Luke 9:23
 1 Corinthians 9:27
 Matthew 25:36
 1 Thessalonians 5:15
 1 Peter 3:9
 Matthew 5:44
 Luke 6:27
 Matthew 5:10
 Titus 1:7
 1 Timothy 3:3
 Romans 12:11
 Galatians 5:16
 Matthew 23:3
 1 Corinthians 2:9

Chapter 5: Obedience
 Ps 18:44
 Luke 10:16
 Matthew 7:14
 John 6:38
 2 Corinthians 9:7

Chapter 6: Restraint of Speech
 Ps 39:2-3
 Proverbs 10:19
 Proverbs 18:21

Chapter 7: Humility
 Luke 4:11
 Luke 18:14
 Ps 131:2-3
 Genesis 28:12
 Ps 36:1
 Ps 7:10
 Ps 94:11
 Ps 139:3
 Ps 76:10
 Ps 18:24
 Proverbs 16:25
 Ps 14:1
 Ps 38:9
 Sirach 18:30
 Proverbs 15:3
 Ps 14:2
 Ps 14:3
 Ps 50:21
 Philippians 2:8
 Matthew 10:22
 Ps 27:18
 Romans 8:36
 Ps 44:22
 Romans 8:37
 Ps 66:9-10
 Ps 66:11(12)
 Matthew 5:39-41
 2 Corinthians 11:26
 1 Corinthians 4:12
 Ps 37:5
 Ps 106:1
 Ps 118:1
 Ps 32:6
 Ps 73:22-23
 Ps 22:6
 Ps 88:16
 Ps 119:71
 Proverbs 10:19
 Ps 140:11
 Sirach 21:23
 Luke 18:13
 Ps 38:6
 1 John 4:18

Chapter 9: The Number of Psalms at the Night Office
 Ps 51:16
 Ps 3
 Ps 94

Chapter 12: Celebration of the Solemnity of Lauds
 Ps 66
 Ps 50
 Ps 117
 Ps 62
 Ps 148
 Ps 149
 Ps 150

Chapter 13: Celebration of Lauds on Ordinary Days
 Ps 66
 Ps 148
 Ps 149
 Ps 150
 Matthew 6:12
 Matthew 6:13

Chapter 16: Celebration of the Divine Office During the Day
 Ps 119:164
 Ps 119:62

Chapter 17: The Number of Psalms to be Sung at These Hours
 Ps 70:1

Chapter 18: The Order of the Psalmody
 Ps 70:1

Chapter 19: The Discipline of Psalmody
 Proverbs 15:3
 Ps 2:11
 Ps 47:7
 Ps 138:1

Chapter 23: Excommunication for Faults
 Matthew 18:15-16

Chapter 25: Serious Faults
 1 Corinthian 5:5

Chapter 27: The Abbot’s Concern for the Excommunicated
 Matthew 9:12
 2 Corinthians 2:7
 2 Corinthians 2:8
 Ezekiel 34:3-4
 Luke 15:5

Chapter 28: Those Who Refuse to Amend After Frequent Reproofs
 1 Corinthians 5:13
 1 Corinthians 7:15

Chapter 31: Qualifications of the Monastery Cellarer
 1 Timothy 3:13
 Sirach 18:17
 Matthew 18:6

Chapter 33: Monks and Private Ownership
 Acts 4:32

Chapter 34: Distribution of Goods According to Need
 Acts 4:35

Chapter 35: Kitchen Servers of the Week
 Daniel 3:52
 Ps 86:17
 Ps 70:1

Chapter 36: The Sick Brothers
 Matthew 25:36
 Matthew 25:40

Chapter 38: The Reader for the Week
 Ps 51:16
 Ephesians 4:27
 1 Timothy 5:14

Chapter 39: The Proper Amount of Food
 Luke 21:34

Chapter 40: The Proper Amount of Drink
 1 Corinthians 7:7
 Sirach 19:2

Chapter 43: Tardiness at the Work of God or at Table
 Ephesians 4:27
 1 Timothy 5:14

Chapter 49: The Observance of Lent
 1 Thessalonians 1:6

Chapter 53: The Reception of Guests
 Matthew 25:35
 Galatians 6:10
 Ps 48:8

Chapter 54: Letters or Gifts for Monks
 Ephesians 4:27
 1 Timothy 5:14

Chapter 55: The Clothing and Footwear of the Brothers
 Acts 4:35

Chapter 57: The Artisans of the Monastery
 Acts 5:1-11
 1 Peter 4:11

Chapter 58: The Procedure for Receiving Brothers
 1 John 4:1
 Ps 119:116

Chapter 60: The Admission of Priests to the Monastery
 Matthew 26:50

Chapter 61: The Reception of Visiting Monks
 Tobit 4:16

Chapter 63: Community Rank
 1 Samuel 3
 Daniel 13:44-62
 Romans 12:10

Chapter 64: The Election of an Abbot
 Luke 16:2
 Matthew 13:52
 James 2:13
 Isaiah 42:13
 Genesis 33:13
 Matthew 24:47

Chapter 70: The Presumption of Striking Another Monk at Will
 1 Timothy 5:20
 Tobit 4:16

Chapter 72: The Good Zeal of Monks
 Romans 12:10
 

INDEX BY SCRIPTURE CITATION

Old Testament

Genesis 28:12 (7); 33:13 (64)

1 Samuel 2:11-2:18 (2); 3 (63)

Psalm 2:11 (19); 3 (9); 7:10 (7); 14:1 (7); 14:2 (7); 14:3 (7); 15:1 (Pro); 15:2-3 (Pro); 15:4 (Pro); 18:24 (7); 18:44 (5); 22:6 (7); 27:18 (7); 32:6 (7); 34:10 (2); 34:12 (Pro); 34:13-14 (Pro); 36:1 (7); 37:5 (7); 38:6 (7); 38:9 (7); 39:2-3 (6); 40:11 (2); 44:22 (7); 47:7 (19); 48:8 (53); 50 (12);  50:16-17 (2); 50:21 (7); 51:16 (9, 38); 62 (12); 66 (12, 13); 66:9-10 (7); 66:11[12] (7); 70:1 (17, 18, 35); 73:22-23 (7); 76:10 (7); 86:17 (35); 88:16 (7); 94 (9); 94:11 (7); 95:7-8 (Pro);  106:1 (7); 115:1 (Pro); 117 (12);  118:1 (7); 119:62 (16); 119:71 (7); 119:116 (58); 119:164 (16); 131:2-3 (7); 137:9 (Pro); 138:1 (19); 139:3 (7); 140:11 (7); 148 (12, 13); 149 (12, 13); 150 (12, 13)

Proverbs 10:19 (6, 7); 15:3 (7, 19); 16:25 (7); 18:21(6); 23:14 (2); 27:21 (1); 29:19 (2)

Isaiah 1:2 (2); 42:13 (64); 58:9 (Pro)

Ezekiel 20:27 (2); 33:11(Pro); 34:3-4 (27)

Apocrypha

Tobit 4:16 (4, 61, 70)

Sirach 18:17 (31); 18:30 (7); 19:2 (40); 21:23 (7); 32:24 (3)

Daniel 3:52 (35); 13:44-62 (63)

New Testament

Matthew 5:10 (4); 5:39-41 (7); 5:44 (4); 6:12 (13); 6:13 (13); 6:33 (2); 7:3 (2); 7:12 (4); 7:14 (5); 7:24-25 (Pro); 9:12 (27); 10:22 (7); 13:52 (64); 16:24 (4); 18:6 (31); 18:15-16 (23); 19:18 (4); 22:37-39 (4); 23:3 (4); 24:47 (64); 25:35 (53); 25:36 (4, 36); 25:40 (36); 26:50 (60)

Mark 10:19 (4); 12:30-31 (4)

Luke 6:31 (4); 6:27 (4); 4:11(7); 9: 23 (4); 10:16 (5); 10:27 (4); 15:5 (27); 16:2 (64); 18:13 (7); 18:14 (7); 18:20 (4); 21:34 (39)
 

John 6:38 (5)

Acts 2:11 (2); 4:32 (33); 4:35 (34); 5:1-11 (57)

Romans 2:4 (Pro); 8:15 (2); 8:36 (7);  8:37 (7); 12:10 (63, 72); 12:11 (4); 13:9 (4); 13:11 (Pro)

1 Corinthians 2:9 (4); 4:12 (7); 5:13 (28); 7:7 (40); 7:15 (28); 9:27 (2, 4); 15:10 (Pro)

2 Corinthians 2:7 (27); 2:8 (27); 9:7 (5); 10:17 (Pro); 11:26 (7)

Galatians 3:28 (2); 5:16 (4); 6:10 (53)

Ephesians 4:27 (38, 43, 54); 6:8 (2)

1 Thessalonians 1:6 (49); 2:12 (Pro); 5:15 (4)

1 Timothy 3:13 (31); 3:3 (4); 5:14 (38, 43,54); 5:20 (70)

Titus 1:7 (4)

James 2:13 (64)

1 Peter 2:17 (4); 3:9 (4); 4:11 (57)

1 John 4:18 (7); 4:1 (58)

When possible the psalm citations are according the Book of Common Prayer and therefore may vary by one verse from other text sources. Different translations alter meaning and verse construction.

Particular sequencing of psalms for the divine office have been largely omitted from this index.
 

Dan Prechtel 1-27-2000

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