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

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, — read the full passage →

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

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

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; — read the full passage →

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

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

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

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

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

That the generation to come might knowthem, even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tellthemto their children,

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

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

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

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

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

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, In the cause of all such as are left desolate. — read the full passage →

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.

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

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

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

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

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

cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; — read the full passage →

meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

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

And Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. — read the full passage →

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

We love, because he first loved us.

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

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

Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season? — read the full passage →

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. — read the full passage →

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — read the full passage →

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

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

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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

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

Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.