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Family Problems
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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. — read the full passage →
Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? — read the full passage →
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? — read the full passage →
Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: — read the full passage →
Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. — read the full passage →
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.
Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →
Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law: — 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.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →
Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity; — read the full passage →
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil. — read the full passage →
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?
I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
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 →
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.
Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
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.
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
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.
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. — read the full passage →
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — 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;
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.
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. — 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.
But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children;
And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
We love, because he first loved us.
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
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 →
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.
And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →
For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
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 walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →
and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),
And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. — read the full passage →
Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying: — read the full passage →
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!
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.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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 →
So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,
having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof.
but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, — read the full passage →
a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.
Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →
In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness. — read the full passage →
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