Fathers And Sons

Jesus therefore responded and said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;

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

Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful. — read the full passage →

the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand;

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

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked. — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one.'

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

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

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son--the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them. — read the full passage →

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

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

and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, `And let them bow before him--all messengers of God;'

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

for neither doth the Father judge any one, but all the judgment He hath given to the Son,

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

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

To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

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

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

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!

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

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

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

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man, — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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 if ye <FI>are<Fi> of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise--heirs.

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

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

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

`Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above; — read the full passage →

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

`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.'

And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

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

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

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;

till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,

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;

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

who, being in the form of God, thought <FI>it<Fi> not robbery to be equal to God,

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

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 →

For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch, — read the full passage →

Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.

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 I say unto you, Be not terrified, nor be afraid of them; — read the full passage →

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> , there <FI>is<Fi> liberty;

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

`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.

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth <FI>you<Fi> to say.'

`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> .

At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

For an abomination to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the perverted, And with the upright <FI>is<Fi> His secret counsel.

honour thy father and mother,

Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

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.

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> apostate sons, The affirmation of Jehovah! To do counsel, and not from Me, And to spread out a covering, and not of My spirit, So as to add sin to sin. — read the full passage →

and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: `Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth, — read the full passage →

And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them; — read the full passage →

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

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.

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

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;

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

Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out her pillars--seven.

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

`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.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

ye heard that I said to you--I go away, and I come unto you; if ye did love me, ye would have rejoiced that I said--I go on to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.

`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

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

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

Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days. — read the full passage →

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah;

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.'

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

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

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 →

who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,

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

And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which also ye did receive, in which also ye have stood, — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God-- — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to her, `Be not touching me, for I have not yet ascended unto my Father; and be going on to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and to your God.'

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

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

`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.