Godparents

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

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

Charge these things, and teach; — read the full passage →

but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

to Timotheus--genuine child in faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord,

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, according to a promise of life that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — 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,

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope. — read the full passage →

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

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.

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

As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth <FI>them<Fi> : Suckling ones He leadeth.

and she causeth him to go up with her when she hath weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she bringeth him into the house of Jehovah at Shiloh, and the youth <FI>is but<Fi> a youth. — read the full passage →

not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency <FI>is<Fi> of God,

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

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

and he hath been to thee for a restorer of life, and for a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter-in-law who hath loved thee--who is better to thee than seven sons--hath borne him.' — 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 →

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

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

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

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

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — 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.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age--Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding. — read the full passage →

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

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> He who is making light of his father and his mother, --and all the people have said, Amen.

`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

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 →

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, — read the full passage →

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him; — read the full passage →

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

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

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

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

honour thy father and mother,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. — read the full passage →

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

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

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

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

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

So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

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

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 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 →

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

`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

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.'

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness, — 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? — read the full passage →

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

so that thou dost fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commands, which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all days of thy life, and so that thy days are prolonged.