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Leave Mother And Father
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And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →
And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, — 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.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
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.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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 →
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. — read the full passage →
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.
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! — read the full passage →
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
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.
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
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.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. — read the full passage →
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. — read the full passage →
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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 →
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →
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 elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) — read the full passage →
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. — read the full passage →
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. — read the full passage →
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. — read the full passage →
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. — read the full passage →
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. — read the full passage →
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. — read the full passage →
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. — read the full passage →
And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
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.
And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: — read the full passage →
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: KJV.