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, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

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

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

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth 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 when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be 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 all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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

To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

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 that ye knew what great conflict I have 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, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

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

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Asshur 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.

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

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