Providing For Family

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

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

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

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth lovingkindness; For thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — 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.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

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

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

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

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

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

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

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

We love, because he first loved us.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; — read the full passage →

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

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.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

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 Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thy house. — 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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

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

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children; — read the full passage →

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children;

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; — read the full passage →

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

who will render to every man according to his works:

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. — read the full passage →

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand; — read the full passage →

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. — read the full passage →

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, — read the full passage →

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. — read the full passage →

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

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

For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. — read the full passage →

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.

The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create in himself of the two one new man, so making peace;

having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: — read the full passage →

but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek:

Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? — read the full passage →

which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: — read the full passage →

For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying: — read the full passage →

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; Butthe rod of correction shall drive it far from him.