Family Love

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

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

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

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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

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.

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

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

We love, because he first loved us.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

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

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

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

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

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

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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

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

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task to her maidens. — read the full passage →

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

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

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

Let all that ye do be done in love.

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

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

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

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

And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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

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 →

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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

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

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.

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. — read the full passage →

But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. — read the full passage →

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

beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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

My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: — read the full passage →

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not: — read the full passage →

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

The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

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

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

Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. — 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.

So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do; — read the full passage →

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

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

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan; — read the full passage →

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying: — read the full passage →

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.