Fathers And Daughters

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

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

a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;

Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother--her daughter!

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

Because our sons <FI>are<Fi> as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished--the likeness of a palace,

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

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

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — 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 he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought in to his sons from without; and he judgeth Israel seven years.

If the Lord hath washed away The filth of daughters of Zion, And the blood of Jerusalem purgeth from her midst, By the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.

And I have turned back <FI>to<Fi> their captivity, The captivity of Sodom and her daughters, And the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, And the captivity of thy captives in their midst,

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

And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the first-born goeth in, and lieth with her father, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up.

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

Before thy wickedness is revealed, As <FI>at<Fi> the time of the reproach of the daughters of Aram, And of all her neighbours, the daughters of the Philistines, Who are despising thee round about.

And the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father,

and he is supporting Hadassah--she <FI>is<Fi> Esther--daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman <FI>is<Fi> of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.

lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as <FI>is<Fi> good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow of my roof.'

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

`Jehovah bless thee and keep thee; — read the full passage →

as to the younger, she also hath born a son, and calleth his name Ben-Ammi: he <FI>is<Fi> father of the Beni-Ammon unto this day.

`The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness.

And Lot goeth up out of Zoar, and dwelleth in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he hath been afraid of dwelling in Zoar, and he dwelleth in a cave, he and his two daughters.

These <FI>are<Fi> the statutes which Jehovah hath commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, <FI>in<Fi> the house of her father.

And they cause their father to drink wine on that night also, and the younger riseth and lieth with him, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up.

then they have brought out the damsel unto the opening of her father's house, and stoned her have the men of her city with stones, and she hath died, for she hath done folly in Israel, to go a-whoring <FI>in<Fi> her father's house; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.

For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad <FI>are<Fi> Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

if thou afflict my daughters, or take wives beside my daughters--there is no man with us--see, God <FI>is<Fi> witness between me and thee.'

For thus said Jehovah, Of the sons and of the daughters who are born in this place, And of their mothers--those bearing them, And of their fathers--those begetting them in this land:

and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,

and that we give not our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we take not to our sons;

and now, as the flesh of our brethren <FI>is<Fi> our flesh, as their sons <FI>are<Fi> our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards <FI>are<Fi> to others.'

and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods;

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

And I strive with them, and declare them vile, and smite certain of them, and pluck off their hair, and cause them to swear by God, `Ye do not give your daughters to their sons, nor do ye take of their daughters to your sons, and to yourselves.

then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;

And Laban answereth and saith unto Jacob, `The daughters <FI>are<Fi> my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flock my flock, and all that thou art seeing <FI>is<Fi> mine; and to my daughters--what do I to these to-day, or to their sons whom they have born?

Peaceably even into the fertile places of the province He cometh, and he hath done that which his fathers did not, nor his fathers' fathers; prey, and spoil, and substance, to them he scattereth, and against fenced places he deviseth his devices, even for a time.

And lo, fallen have our fathers by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives <FI>are<Fi> in captivity for this.

Declare <FI>it<Fi> not in Gath, Proclaim not the tidings in the streets of Ashkelon, Lest they rejoice--The daughters of the Philistines, Lest they exult--The daughters of the Uncircumcised!

and have seen, and lo, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances--then ye have gone out from the vineyards, and caught for you each his wife out of the daughters of Shiloh, and gone to the land of Benjamin;

As to Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, he hath no children except daughters, and these <FI>are<Fi> the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah,

And Eleazar, Aaron's son, hath taken to him <FI>one<Fi> of the daughters of Putiel for a wife to himself, and she beareth to him Phinehas: these <FI>are<Fi> heads of the fathers of the Levites, as to their families.

And Rebekah saith unto Isaac, `I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these--from the daughters of the land--why do I live?'

And the shameful thing hath devoured The labour of our fathers from our youth, Their flock and their herd, Their sons and their daughters.

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

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

`None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

For a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each <FI>are<Fi> the men of his house.

`The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they <FI>are<Fi> her relations; it <FI>is<Fi> wickedness.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus,

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

`And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth, — read the full passage →

Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations--as that one hath the wife of the father! --

and this one had four daughters, virgins, prophesying.

And he saith, `Blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou of Jehovah, my daughter; thou hast dealt more kindly at the latter end than at the beginning--not to go after the young men, either poor or rich.

Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear <FI>to<Fi> my saying,

and sons of God see the daughters of men that they <FI>are<Fi> fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I lift up unto nations My hand, And unto peoples I raise up Mine ensign, And they have brought thy sons in the bosom, And thy daughters on the shoulder are carried.

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself. — read the full passage →

do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers, — read the full passage →

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

and on the morrow Paul and his company having gone forth, we came to Caesarea, and having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist--who is of the seven--we remained with him, — read the full passage →

`The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it <FI>is<Fi> the nakedness of thy father.

and having found a ship passing over to Phenicia, having gone on board, we sailed,

Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

`The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she <FI>is<Fi> thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

and on the morrow Paul and his company having gone forth, we came to Caesarea, and having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist--who is of the seven--we remained with him,

`The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs <FI>is<Fi> thy nakedness.

Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

And the first-born saith unto the younger, `Our father <FI>is<Fi> old, and a man there is not in the earth to come in unto us, as <FI>is<Fi> the way of all the earth;

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

`Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant <FI>is<Fi> the peace of thy sons.

and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which <FI>is<Fi> before you;

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

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 Lot goeth up out of Zoar, and dwelleth in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he hath been afraid of dwelling in Zoar, and he dwelleth in a cave, he and his two daughters. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

`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;

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 →

honour thy father and mother,

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the first-born saith unto the younger, `Lo, I have lain yesterday-night with my father: we cause him to drink wine also to-night, and go thou in, lie with him, and we preserve from our father--a seed.'

and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard <FI>you<Fi> from the evil;

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

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

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