Single Parents

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. — read the full passage →

There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

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

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

God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. — read the full passage →

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

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

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

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.

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

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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

to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

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

but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth, Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me?

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Honor widows that are widows indeed.

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