Bad Parents

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

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

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

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 soul that doth sin--it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father doth not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on him.

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

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

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

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the fool to the wise of heart.

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

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

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, — read the full passage →

Every one who is hating his brother--a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

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

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — 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 he said unto the disciples, `It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe <FI>to him<Fi> through whom they come; — read the full passage →

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

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

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

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

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

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

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

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

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul. — read the full passage →

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on a fourth; --

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

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

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.

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, `Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!' — read the full passage →

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

`And of which of you--the father--if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.

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.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten? — read the full passage →

As one whom his mother comforteth, so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted.

and whoever may cause to stumble one of those little ones who are believing in me, it is better for him that a weighty millstone may be hanged upon his neck, and he may be sunk in the depth of the sea.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

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

For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear <FI>it<Fi> , He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

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.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. — 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.

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance; — read the full passage →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth. — read the full passage →

and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal. — read the full passage →

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — 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,

And it cometh to pass that Isaac <FI>is<Fi> aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, `My son;' and he saith unto him, `Here <FI>am<Fi> I.' — read the full passage →

who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

And he went forth thence, and came to his own country, and his disciples do follow him, — read the full passage →

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah, `Go, and thou hast got a potter's earthen vessel, and of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests, — read the full passage →

Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name. — read the full passage →

God of vengeance--Jehovah! God of vengeance, shine forth. — read the full passage →

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

and the truth shall make you free.'

and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.

`Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf--a stone will he present to him? — read the full passage →

And I say to their sons in the wilderness: In the statutes of your fathers ye walk not, And their judgments ye do not observe, And with their idols ye are not defiled.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, <FI>is<Fi> His kindness. — read the full passage →

and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: `Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth, — read the full passage →