Fathers And Daughters

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

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

They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don’t be diminished.

Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

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

Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

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

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

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

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

He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.

when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of your captives in their midst;

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

They made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He didn’t know when she lay down, nor when she arose.

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

before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all who are around her, the daughters of the Philistines, who do despite to you all around.

Thus both of Lot’s daughters were with child by their father.

He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof.”

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

‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you. — read the full passage →

The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. He is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.

“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad.

Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.

These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father’s house.

They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He didn’t know when she lay down, nor when she got up.

then they shall bring out the young lady to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done folly in Israel, to play the prostitute in her father’s house. So you shall remove the evil from your midst.

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

If you afflict my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you.”

For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became their father in this land:

Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. Neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.

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

I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

In time of security shall he come even on the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, and plunder, and substance: yes, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.

For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Eleazar Aaron’s son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.

Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”

But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

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

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

“‘None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.

For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

“Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth, — read the full passage →

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife.

Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

He said, “Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, because you didn’t follow young men, whether poor or rich.

Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!

God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. — read the full passage →

don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, — read the full passage →

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

On the next day, we, who were Paul’s companions, departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.

Having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set sail.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son’s wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

On the next day, we, who were Paul’s companions, departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your own nakedness.

Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.

The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.

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

“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.

All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.

that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

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

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.”

Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters. — read the full passage →

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

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?

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

“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.

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 →

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths. — read the full passage →

It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s seed.”

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

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

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

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