Daughters

Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease.”

I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!

He said, “Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, because you didn’t follow young men, whether poor or rich.

On the next day, we, who were Paul’s companions, departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. — read the full passage →

They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

“Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth, — read the full passage →

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters. — read the full passage →

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

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

though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. — read the full passage →

He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

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

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. — read the full passage →

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, — read the full passage →

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

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

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — 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.

He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world. — read the full passage →

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

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. — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

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

As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding— — read the full passage →

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

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.

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

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.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife. They went from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

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

Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son!” — read the full passage →

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. — read the full passage →

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.