Fatherhood

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

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

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

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

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; — read the full passage →

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 Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

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

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

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

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

“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. — read the full passage →

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

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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.

A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. — read the full passage →

Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

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

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

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

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.”

His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. — read the full passage →

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

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?

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

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.”

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

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

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?

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

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

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

Then I said to you, “Don’t dread, neither be afraid of them. — 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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

“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.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

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.

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

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.

Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it; — read the full passage →

You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin; — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children, — 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!”

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

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:

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.

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

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.

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

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

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

“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 →

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.

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

I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.

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

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.”

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

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — read the full passage →

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

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

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. — read the full passage →

Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! — read the full passage →

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

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.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

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

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

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.”

You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; — read the full passage →

‘For in him we live, and move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’ — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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. — read the full passage →

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

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.

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’