Providing For Family

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

And with Thee, O Lord, <FI>is<Fi> kindness, For Thou dost recompense to each, According to his work!

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Thy wife <FI>is<Fi> as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach, — read the full passage →

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, — read the full passage →

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the fool to the wise of heart.

and thou hast given the money for any thing which thy soul desireth, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for any thing which thy soul asketh, and thou hast eaten there before Jehovah thy God, and thou hast rejoiced, thou and thy house.

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;' — read the full passage →

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility--life age-during;

The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love; — read the full passage →

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

And the kindness of Jehovah <FI>Is<Fi> from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons, — read the full passage →

And the kindness of Jehovah <FI>Is<Fi> from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.

`When they sin against Thee--for there is not a man who sinneth not--and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them before an enemy, and taken them captive have their captors, unto a land far off or near;

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down; — read the full passage →

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity, — read the full passage →

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

who shall render to each according to his works;

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil; — read the full passage →

Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, And shout ye in My holy hill, Tremble do all inhabitants of the earth, For coming is the day of Jehovah, for <FI>it is<Fi> near! — read the full passage →

for, in abundance of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah thy God, Who bringeth thee up out of the land of Egypt. Enlarge thy mouth, and I fill it.

`And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing, — read the full passage →

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

of whom the whole family in the heavens and on earth is named,

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, — read the full passage →

for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now. — read the full passage →

When thou sayest, `Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death, — read the full passage →

Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

At peace are the tents of spoilers, And those provoking God have confidence, He into whose hand God hath brought.

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace,

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, — read the full passage →

and glory, and honour, and peace, to every one who is working the good, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

and all--as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.'

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' — read the full passage →

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round? — read the full passage →

which in His own times He shall shew--the blessed and only potentate, the King of the kings and Lord of the lords, — read the full passage →

And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good <FI>it is<Fi> for a man not to touch a woman, — read the full passage →

The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God; — read the full passage →

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her, — read the full passage →

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.