Father

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

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

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will, — read the full passage →

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

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

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

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

Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?

Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? — read the full passage →

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

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

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

I and the Father are one.”

He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does, — read the full passage →

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

“When the Counselorhas come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”

The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. — read the full passage →

I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.

“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. — read the full passage →

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. — read the full passage →

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. — 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 →

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. — read the full passage →

But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

But Jesus didn’t trust himself to them, because he knew everyone,

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.

Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” — read the full passage →

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

and said to them, “Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him, and bring him.

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.” — read the full passage →

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; — read the full passage →

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children, — read the full passage →