Contentment On Earth

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! — read the full passage →

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

But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will 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.

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things,

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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 a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.