Leaving Parents

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

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,

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — 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.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

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

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” — read the full passage →

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God’s sake,

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

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

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”

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.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

He said, “A certain man had two sons. — read the full passage →

You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. — read the full passage →

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 Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant. — read the full passage →

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

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

Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. — read the full passage →

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

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

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

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 →

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

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

Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

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.

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 →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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.

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.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; — read the full passage →

Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.

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

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

“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.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them; — read the full passage →

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

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

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

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; — read the full passage →

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

Lamech took two wives: the name of the first one was Adah, and the name of the second one was Zillah.

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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 →

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

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

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.

The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife.