Grandparents

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

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

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

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;

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.

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

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

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — 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.

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

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

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; — read the full passage →

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, — read the full passage →

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. — read the full passage →

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 →

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.

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

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.

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

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.

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 →

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — 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. — read the full passage →

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: — read the full passage →

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.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — 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.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — 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 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:

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.

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:

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.

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 →

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

Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. — read the full passage →

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

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.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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. — read the full passage →

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

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

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. — read the full passage →

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

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. — read the full passage →

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

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

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

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

And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

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 →

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

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision. — read the full passage →

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

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. — read the full passage →

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.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

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 →

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. — read the full passage →

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. — read the full passage →

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, — read the full passage →

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. — read the full passage →

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. — read the full passage →

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

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy 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 thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. — read the full passage →

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. — read the full passage →

For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; — read the full passage →

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.