Absent Fathers

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. — read the full passage →

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.

Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? — read the full passage →

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: — read the full passage →

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, — read the full passage →

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. — read the full passage →

Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. — read the full passage →

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. — read the full passage →

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge: — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, — read the full passage →

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. — read the full passage →

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. — read the full passage →

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: — read the full passage →

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. — read the full passage →

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: — read the full passage →

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.