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

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

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

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

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

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.”

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

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

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,

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

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

We love him, because he first loved us.

(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

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.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children; — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

David swore moreover, and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, ‘Don’t let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:’ but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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

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

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

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

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

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

May Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us, nor forsake us;

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives 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 Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

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

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;