Puberty

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, — read the full passage →

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

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

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

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

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

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

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

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

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

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

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul?

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,

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan. Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. — read the full passage →

Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz. — read the full passage →

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees; — read the full passage →

Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, “Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.” — read the full passage →

The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth, — read the full passage →

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

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.”

God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Give them—Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Again Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. — read the full passage →

Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. — read the full passage →

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom. — read the full passage →

Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees, — read the full passage →

But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; — read the full passage →

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good. — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman. — read the full passage →

The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful. — read the full passage →

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him. — read the full passage →

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires. — read the full passage →

Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids. — read the full passage →

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. — read the full passage →

After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. — read the full passage →

You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit. — read the full passage →

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy. — read the full passage →

David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!

Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead. — read the full passage →

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.” — read the full passage →