Topic
Having A Lot Of Children
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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.
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.
Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain. — read the full passage →
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Children’s children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; — read the full passage →
but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
And they were bringing unto him little children, that he should touch them: and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.
And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
See that ye despise not one of these little ones: for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.
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.
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:
and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.
And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan; — read the full passage →
casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord: — read the full passage →
Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — read the full passage →
My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →
And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth his folly.
For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
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 →
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.
In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.
It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; Forso he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.
that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
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 →
For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth 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 thereof.
The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
I have overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain.
Why shouldest thou be as a man affrighted, as a mighty man that cannot save? Yet thou, O Jehovah, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life.
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.
For it shall be that, as wandering birds, as a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz; — read the full passage →
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages.
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
A fool’s vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.
Know ye that Jehovah, he is God: It is he that hath made us, and we are his; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Ascribe unto Jehovah, O ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength. — read the full passage →
Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up,
and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor’s wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor’s house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor’s.
Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. — 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.
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