Father

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

and ye may not call <FI>any<Fi> your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

yet to us <FI>is<Fi> one God, the Father, of whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we through Him;

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

and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish--to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand; — read the full passage →

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, — 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.

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

`Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

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

Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; — read the full passage →

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

`But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who <FI>is<Fi> in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

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

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

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

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

and to God, even our Father, <FI>is<Fi> the glory--to the ages of the ages. Amen.

The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

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

In the fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge.

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.'

and whatever ye may ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;

`Verily, verily, I say to you, he who is believing in me, the works that I do--that one also shall do, and greater than these he shall do, because I go on to my Father;

God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father--he did declare.

and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you--to the age;

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens is perfect.

And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?

`Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf--a stone will he present to him? — read the full passage →

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

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

`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

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

`Father, those whom Thou hast given to me, I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory that Thou didst give to me, because Thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints; Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and <FI>from<Fi> the Lord Jesus Christ!

if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me--honour him will the Father.

I and the Father are one.'

and he said, `Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.'

He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?

at the right hand then of God having been exalted--also the promise of the Holy Spirit having received from the Father--he was shedding forth this, which now ye see and hear;

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

`But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth, — read the full passage →

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

greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God;

`And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, <FI>Is<Fi> God in His holy habitation.

and I will be to you for a Father, and ye--ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.'

And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there, — read the full passage →

I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou <FI>art<Fi> , I to-day have brought thee forth.

And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead; — read the full passage →

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, `Father, to Thy hands I commit my spirit;' and these things having said, he breathed forth the spirit.

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman; — read the full passage →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

And the third day a marriage happened in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus 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 →

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

thus therefore pray ye: `Our Father who <FI>art<Fi> in the heavens! hallowed be Thy name. — read the full passage →

And now, O Jehovah, thou <FI>art<Fi> our Father, We <FI>are<Fi> the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand--all of us.

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

and Jesus himself was not trusting himself to them, because of his knowing all <FI>men<Fi> ,

And as he was in Jerusalem, in the passover, in the feast, many believed in his name, beholding his signs that he was doing;

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!

I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam, — read the full passage →

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

He who is overcoming--this one--shall be arrayed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the scroll of the life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before His messengers.

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

Jesus, therefore, said to them again, `Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;' — read the full passage →

and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

and saith to them, `Go away to the village that is over-against you, and immediately, entering into it, ye shall find a colt tied, on which no one of men hath sat, having loosed it, bring <FI>it<Fi> :

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.' — read the full passage →

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

`But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face, — read the full passage →

The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — 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.

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.

even as ye have known, how each one of you, as a father his own children, we are exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying, — read the full passage →