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Fathers And Sons

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John 5:19

Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.

Proverbs 22:6

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

Malachi 4:5–6

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. — read the full passage →

John 3:35

The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

Ephesians 6:4

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

Psalms 127:1–5

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. — read the full passage →

John 10:30

I and the Father are one.”

Proverbs 23:24

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

Colossians 3:21

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

Matthew 3:17

Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Proverbs 24:1–34

Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them: — read the full passage →

Proverbs 3:12

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

Romans 8:14

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

Hebrews 1:6

When he again brings in the firstborn into the world he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.”

Proverbs 23:22

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

John 5:22

For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

Galatians 6:7

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Galatians 6:8

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Psalms 103:13

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

Proverbs 2:2

So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;

3 John 1:4

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

Exodus 20:12

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

Malachi 4:6

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.”

Psalms 127:3–5

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

Hebrews 12:7

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?

Proverbs 3:11–12

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

1 Peter 2:1–25

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

Genesis 1:26

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Ephesians 3:16–19

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man; — read the full passage →

Proverbs 1:1–33

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

John 3:16–17

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 →

Isaiah 9:6

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.

Galatians 3:29

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to promise.

Proverbs 20:7

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

Hebrews 1:3

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Proverbs 14:26

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

John 3:7–4:1

Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’ — read the full passage →

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Joshua 1:9

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.”

John 5:17

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”

John 1:14

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.

Deuteronomy 6:6–9

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

Colossians 3:20

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

John 14:6

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

Ephesians 4:13

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

1 Corinthians 8:6

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.

John 4:24

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Philippians 2:6

who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

1 Corinthians 13:1–13

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 →

Malachi 4:1–6

“For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. — read the full passage →

Psalms 51:11

Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your holy Spirit from me.

Joshua 24:15

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.”

Deuteronomy 1:29–31

Then I said to you, “Don’t dread, neither be afraid of them. — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 3:4

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Romans 8:1–39

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

John 17:24

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.

Luke 12:12

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”

Matthew 11:27

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.

Matthew 11:25

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

Proverbs 3:32

For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

Ephesians 6:2

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

John 10:32

Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”

John 3:16

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.

John 1:3

All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

Isaiah 30:1–33

“Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, — read the full passage →

Exodus 34:6–7

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 →

Revelation 20:11–15

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 16:13

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

Romans 5:1

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.

Proverbs 10:9

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

John 14:23

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.

Proverbs 17:6

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

Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

Proverbs 3:11

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

1 Chronicles 29:17

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.

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Romans 8:29

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

John 14:28

You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.

John 6:57

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.

John 3:1–36

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 17:24

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

Psalms 103:1–22

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

Job 24:1–25

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days? — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 6:4

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.

Genesis 18:19

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.”

Genesis 2:24

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

2 Timothy 2:1–3

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 2:11–12

As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children, — read the full passage →

Colossians 1:15

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Ephesians 6:1–2

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

1 Corinthians 15:1–58

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, — read the full passage →

Romans 1:1–32

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

John 1:18

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.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Matthew 7:9–11

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

Proverbs 10:1

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

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