Fathers Who Leave Their Children

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

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

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

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

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

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

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

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

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

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.'

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — 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.

Because Jehovah loveth Jacob, And hath fixed again on Israel, And given them rest on their own land, And joined hath been the sojourner to them, And they have been admitted to the house of Jacob. — read the full passage →

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

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, <FI>Is<Fi> God in His holy habitation.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness. — 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?

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him, — read the full passage →

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

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

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

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 →

and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. — read the full passage →

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

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

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

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

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

And they sacrifice their sons And their daughters to destroyers,

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

`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 ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

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

Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, <FI>am<Fi> a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

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, — read the full passage →

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

And thou--be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn, — read the full passage →

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

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

honour thy father and mother,

And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them, — read the full passage →

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not--having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains--seek that which is gone astray? — read the full passage →

`Beware! --ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen: — read the full passage →

As a lily among the thorns, — read the full passage →

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper <FI>is<Fi> a man of understanding.

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

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

And to cause their seed to fall among nations, And to scatter them through lands.

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

`And ye have placed these my words on your heart, and on your soul, and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes; — read the full passage →

and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

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

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah; — read the full passage →

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons. — read the full passage →

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

`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

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 he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth,

And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day; — read the full passage →

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'