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Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

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

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

(and if any one his own house <FI>how<Fi> to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the fool to the wise of heart.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

And the kindness of Jehovah <FI>Is<Fi> from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons, — read the full passage →

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken; — read the full passage →

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing--the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth-- — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one;

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him--even thou.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you; — read the full passage →

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,

And David sweareth again, and saith, `Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; and yet, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, but--as a step between me and death.'

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better <FI>is<Fi> a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

A man with friends <FI>is<Fi> to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

`Jehovah our God is with us as He hath been with our fathers; He doth not forsake us nor leave us;

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

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

Better <FI>is<Fi> an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name <FI>is<Fi> Hagar; — read the full passage →