Topic
Fathers
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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.
My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →
Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
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.”
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
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.”
A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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?
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.”
Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? — read the full passage →
Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
Then I said to you, “Don’t dread, neither be afraid of them. — 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.
These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →
Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
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.
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.”
As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children, — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →
One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline 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.
A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
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.
Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.
“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 →
He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
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.
Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
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?
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.
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.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — read the full passage →
I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
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 →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
“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 →
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 all things, for this pleases the Lord.
Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
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?
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.”
Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
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.
Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. — read the full passage →
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.
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.
For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
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.
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 if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
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 →
These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →
He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.
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 →
Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →
The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — 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?
Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! — read the full passage →
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.
and in the wilderness, where you have seen how that Yahweh your God bore you, as a man does bear his son, in all the way that you went, until you came to this place.”
Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching; — read the full passage →
And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
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.
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 →
“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:
Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; — read the full passage →
For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.
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!”
Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table. — read the full passage →
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, — read the full passage →
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.
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 →
one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →
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