Grandchildren

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

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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

Honour widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

We love him, because he first loved us.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. — read the full passage →

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. — read the full passage →

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.

And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. — read the full passage →

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

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. — read the full passage →

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. — read the full passage →

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. — read the full passage →

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

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

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. — read the full passage →

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →