Babies

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them, — read the full passage →

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them, — read the full passage →

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee.

But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

for this youth I prayed, and Jehovah doth give to me my petition which I asked of Him;

Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

`Beware! --ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

`The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

for this youth I prayed, and Jehovah doth give to me my petition which I asked of Him; — read the full passage →

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

As thou knowest not what <FI>is<Fi> the way of the spirit, How--bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.

Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up! — read the full passage →

And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them, — read the full passage →

and when God was well pleased--having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called <FI>me<Fi> through His grace--

and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

Become desolate doth Samaria, Because she hath rebelled against her God, By sword they do fall, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!

Thus said Jehovah, thy redeemer, And thy framer from the womb: `I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, doing all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself, Spreading out the earth--who <FI>is<Fi> with Me?

Thus said Jehovah, thy Maker, and thy Former, From the womb He doth help thee; Fear not, my servant Jacob, And Jeshurun, whom I have fixed on.

And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.

and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he <FI>is<Fi> fair, and she hideth him three months, — read the full passage →

And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant <FI>is<Fi> the peace of thy sons.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

and we boil my son and eat him, and I say unto her on the next day, Give thy son, and we eat him; and she hideth her son.'

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

and having taken them in his arms, having put <FI>his<Fi> hands upon them, he was blessing them.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

and thou hast eaten the fruit of thy body, flesh of thy sons and thy daughters (whom Jehovah thy God hath given to thee), in the siege, and in the straitness with which thine enemies do straiten thee.

greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

and this <FI>is<Fi> to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.'

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

By faith Moses, having been born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child comely, and were not afraid of the decree of the king;

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

And thou--be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn, — read the full passage →

and we capture all his cities at that time, and devote the whole city, men, and the women, and the infants--we have not left a remnant;

O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

And bows dash young men to pieces, And the fruit of the womb they pity not, On sons their eye hath no pity.

Now, go, and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath, and thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass.'

and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he <FI>is<Fi> fair, and she hideth him three months, — read the full passage →

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;

Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.

The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God;

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked. — read the full passage →

`And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges; — read the full passage →

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

and he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the women and the children, and saith, `What <FI>are<Fi> these to thee?' And he saith, `The children with whom God hath favoured thy servant.'

Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!' — read the full passage →

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord, --`Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,'

and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased; — read the full passage →

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Then doth Menahem smite Tiphsah, and all who <FI>are<Fi> in it, and its borders from Tirzah, for it opened not <FI>to him<Fi> , and he smiteth <FI>it<Fi> , all its pregnant women he hath ripped up.

And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken; — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

aged, young man, and virgin, and infant, and women, ye do slay--to destruction; and against any man on whom <FI>is<Fi> the mark ye do not go nigh, and from My sanctuary ye begin.'

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising <FI>us<Fi> , and we were reverencing <FI>them<Fi> ; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live? — read the full passage →

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not--having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains--seek that which is gone astray? — read the full passage →

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

`Happy the peacemakers--because they shall be called Sons of God.

Jehovah addeth to you, to you, and to your sons.

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is; — read the full passage →

taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.