Grandmother

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

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

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;

Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →

“Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.

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

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

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

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

So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”

But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →

Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails. — read the full passage →

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.

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

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green, — read the full passage →

They will still produce fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,

King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?”

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. — read the full passage →

For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, no one considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil. — read the full passage →

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. — read the full passage →

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience: — read the full passage →

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? — read the full passage →

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. — read the full passage →

He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Yahweh.”

Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy; — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. — read the full passage →

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

“At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book. — read the full passage →

and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver. — read the full passage →

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable. — read the full passage →

Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

The king said, “Where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.’”

neither shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son. — read the full passage →

that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you; you, and your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth, — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Israel said to Joseph, “I didn’t think I would see your face, and behold, God has let me see your seed also.”

Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” He said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Armies to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

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

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; — read the full passage →

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. — read the full passage →

Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.

After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.

Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in their midst, — read the full passage →

After these things, someone said to Joseph, “Behold, your father is sick.” He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. — read the full passage →