Families Broken

As to the rest, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might; — read the full passage →

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.' — read the full passage →

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

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

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

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

For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands--age-during--in the heavens,

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

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

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

and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.

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.

for where there are two or three gathered together--to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

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

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

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.'

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

Then opened are eyes of the blind, And ears of the deaf are unstopped, — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,

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,

A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies <FI>is<Fi> her price.

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the fool to the wise of heart.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

The sacrifices of God <FI>are<Fi> a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed, — read the full passage →

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

for him who did not know sin, in our behalf He did make sin, that we may become the righteousness of God in him.

And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him, — read the full passage →

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And at the setting of the sun, all, as many as had any ailing with manifold sicknesses, brought them unto him, and he on each one of them <FI>his<Fi> hands having put, did heal them. — read the full passage →

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

For <FI>I<Fi> hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He <FI>who<Fi> hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

And the kindness of Jehovah <FI>Is<Fi> from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

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

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: — read the full passage →

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

Thy wife <FI>is<Fi> as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

And the kindness of Jehovah <FI>Is<Fi> from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons, — read the full passage →

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach, — read the full passage →

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

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

And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly, — read the full passage →

And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before him to the other side, till he might let away the multitudes; — read the full passage →

Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity. — read the full passage →

For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy <FI>is<Fi> His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'

And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace <FI>is<Fi> on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us. — read the full passage →

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

And Jacob hath gone on his way, and messengers of God come upon him; — read the full passage →

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

one God and Father of all, who <FI>is<Fi> over all, and through all, and in you all,

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.

Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels. — read the full passage →

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

After these things did Jesus manifest himself again to the disciples on the sea of Tiberias, and he did manifest himself thus: — read the full passage →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher--doth he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, `Yes.' — read the full passage →