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

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

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

We love, because he first loved us.

(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

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

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.

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. — read the full passage →

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband; But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children; — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken. — read the full passage →

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid 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 →

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

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

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

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

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

as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;

but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

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

having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

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

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

a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

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

When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

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 Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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

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

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;

This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. — read the full passage →