Family And Friends

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? — read the full passage →

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: — read the full passage →

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

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

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; — read the full passage →

And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Beth–el. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth–el.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Open rebuke is better than secret love. — read the full passage →

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. — read the full passage →

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

We love him, because he first loved us.

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

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

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. — read the full passage →

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. — read the full passage →

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. — read the full passage →

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish–bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: — read the full passage →

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! — read the full passage →

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: — read the full passage →

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. — read the full passage →

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →