Caring For Aging Parents

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.

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

`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.

`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 vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death; — read the full passage →

`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.

Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene; — read the full passage →

Hearken unto Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of Israel, Who are borne from the belly, Who are carried from the womb, — read the full passage →

`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

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

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

His days are few, his oversight another taketh,

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death; — read the full passage →

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

and he hath been to thee for a restorer of life, and for a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law who hath loved thee--who is better to thee than seven sons--hath borne him.'

So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

honour thy father and mother, — read the full passage →

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

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

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 →

For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

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,

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which <FI>is<Fi> before thee, — read the full passage →

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

`The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,

The woman saith unto him, `Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.'

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

The Song of Songs, that <FI>is<Fi> Solomon's. — read the full passage →