Family And Friends

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

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

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

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

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.

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

therefore, then, as we have opportunity, may we work the good to all, and especially unto those of the household of the faith.

And he answering said to him who spake to him, `Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?' — 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 →

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better <FI>is<Fi> a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

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

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

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 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 →

Ascribe ye greatness to Jehovah with me, And we exalt His name together.

Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

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

Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

(and if any one his own house <FI>how<Fi> to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

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

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

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

Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, — read the full passage →

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

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — 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;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

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

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God,

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

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 →

and Elijah saith unto Elisha, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me unto Beth-El;' and Elisha saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;' and they go down to Beth-El.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;

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

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,

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

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.

Better <FI>is<Fi> open reproof than hidden love. — read the full passage →

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

no more do I call you servants, because the servant hath not known what his lord doth, and you I have called friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I did make known to you.

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

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?

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.

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

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

Mighty <FI>is<Fi> the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,

And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend--from counsel of the soul.

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

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

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 →

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

Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels.

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

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee. — read the full passage →

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

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;

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

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation. — read the full passage →

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because 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--thou and thy house;'

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

`Jehovah our God is with us as He hath been with our fathers; He doth not forsake us nor leave us;

And <FI>one<Fi> hath said unto him, `What <FI>are<Fi> these wounds in thy hands?' And he hath said, `Because I was smitten <FI>at<Fi> home by my lovers.'

Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

And it is displeasing to Abner exceedingly, because of the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he saith, `The head of a dog <FI>am<Fi> I--that in reference to Judah to-day I do kindness with the house of Saul thy father, unto his brethren, and unto his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David--that thou chargest against me iniquity concerning the woman to-day?

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God. — read the full passage →

and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed.

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

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

God--causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only--the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

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

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

And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee. — read the full passage →

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

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

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

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

`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.

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 →

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 →

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →