Contentment On Earth

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. — read the full passage →

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

Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

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

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

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

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

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.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

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.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. — read the full passage →

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, — 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.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

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

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

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

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

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