Dads And Sons

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

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

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

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

And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!

And he said, `A certain man had two sons, — read the full passage →

even as ye have known, how each one of you, as a father his own children, we are exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying, — read the full passage →

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

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 →

Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

And the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath said in his going, `My son! Absalom my son; my son Absalom; oh that I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son.'

The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in 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, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, `Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.' — read the full passage →

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him; — read the full passage →

`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? — read the full passage →

greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

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

Jesus therefore responded and said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth; — read the full passage →

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

I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam, — read the full passage →

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

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I--I did beget you;

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

And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here <FI>am<Fi> I.' — read the full passage →

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, `Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.' — read the full passage →

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

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. — read the full passage →

For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

Not <FI>as<Fi> putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish, — read the full passage →

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

I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him, — 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 I say unto you, Be not terrified, nor be afraid of them; — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here <FI>am<Fi> I.' — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son--the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one;

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, — read the full passage →

`When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom; — read the full passage →

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

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

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,

and I will be to you for a Father, and ye--ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.'

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, `What--to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

And there came unto him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get to him because of the multitude, — read the full passage →

And his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover, — read the full passage →

The face of the intelligent <FI>is<Fi> to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool--at the end of the earth.

And Nathan goeth unto his house, and Jehovah smiteth the lad, whom the wife of Uriah hath born to David, and it is incurable; — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here <FI>am<Fi> I.' — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here <FI>am<Fi> I.' — read the full passage →

or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? --not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

Thus said Jehovah: `Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away. — read the full passage →