Fatherhood

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

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

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

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

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. — read the full passage →

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

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

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

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, — read the full passage →

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

`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; — read the full passage →

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

And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons. — read the full passage →

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

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

`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 →

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

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.'

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

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.

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, <FI>Is<Fi> God in His holy habitation. — read the full passage →

Have we not all one father? Hath not our God prepared us? Wherefore do we deal treacherously, Each against his brother, To pollute the covenant of our fathers?

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

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

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 his sons have gone and made a banquet--the house of each <FI>in<Fi> his day--and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

`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.'

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

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;

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?

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.

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

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

`And I say unto you, Be not terrified, nor be afraid of them; — 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.

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

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;

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;

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?

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;

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;

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

`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;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

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;

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?

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.

`And this <FI>is<Fi> the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it, — read the full passage →

Not yet unto blood did ye resist--with the sin striving; — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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 →

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.'

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

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

`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.

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

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,

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 →

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

one God and Father of all, who <FI>is<Fi> over all, and through all, and in you all,

`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 →

`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.

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

`And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

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

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.'

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

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil, — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

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

The face of the intelligent <FI>is<Fi> to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool--at the end of the earth.

and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!'

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword; — read the full passage →

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts--His Holy Name. — read the full passage →

`All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal <FI>Him<Fi> .

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

Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

`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;

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

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

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

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.'

and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,

Ministrants--in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre, — read the full passage →

for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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. — read the full passage →

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

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.

Jesus saith to him, `So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father?