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 righteous.

Yea, see thou thy children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children;

And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: 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 Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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

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

The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah 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 unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,

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

We love, because he first loved us.

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

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, 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 each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. — read the full passage →

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

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, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

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

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

One generation shall laud 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 here. 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 abide 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 in the Lord.

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

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and green:

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

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah 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 hypocrisy. 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 bribes shall live.

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

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 Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.

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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is. — read the full passage →

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

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

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will 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 Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, 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 upon thy 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 upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them, — read the full passage →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, 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, — read the full passage →

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

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

For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal 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, through 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 perfected 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, cannot 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.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love 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, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee. — read the full passage →

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task 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 thy 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 →

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

Jehovah 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, Male and female made he them. — read the full passage →

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

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging 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 entrance of the house. — read the full passage →

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