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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.

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

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. — read the full passage →

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

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

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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

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

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

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:

We love him, because he first loved us.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

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

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

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.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

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

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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 →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

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

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

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

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

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

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, — read the full passage →

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; — read the full passage →

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. — read the full passage →

For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, — read the full passage →

How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. — read the full passage →

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

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

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. — read the full passage →

To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? — read the full passage →

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. — read the full passage →

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? — read the full passage →

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? — read the full passage →