Families Broken

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

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

Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” — read the full passage →

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. — read the full passage →

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

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

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

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

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

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

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

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

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. — read the full passage →

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

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

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

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

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

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

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

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

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.

When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. — read the full passage →

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.

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

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

We love him, because he first loved us.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

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

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

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

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children; — read the full passage →

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; — read the full passage →

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

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

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly. — read the full passage →

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. — read the full passage →

Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin. — read the full passage →

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed. — read the full passage →

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

“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.

Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. — read the full passage →

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

seeing your pure behavior in fear.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.

She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls. — read the full passage →

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way. — read the full passage →

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

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 →

When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?” — read the full passage →