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Covenant, Benefits Of, Entailed on Children

GENESIS 6:18In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

EXODUS 20:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

PSALM 103:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

Curses Entailed

EXODUS 20:5In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

LEVITICUS 20:5In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

ISAIAH 14:20In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

JEREMIAH 9:14In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

LAMENTATIONS 5:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

EZEKIEL 16:44In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

EZEKIEL 45Verses in the Bible

  • 1 Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the Lord, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
    Ezekiel 45:1 Meaning
  • 2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
    Ezekiel 45:2 Meaning
  • 3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.
    Ezekiel 45:3 Meaning
  • 4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
    Ezekiel 45:4 Meaning
  • 5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
    Ezekiel 45:5 Meaning
  • 6 And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
    Ezekiel 45:6 Meaning
  • 7 And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.
    Ezekiel 45:7 Meaning
  • 8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
    Ezekiel 45:8 Meaning
  • 9 Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.
    Ezekiel 45:9 Meaning
  • 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
    Ezekiel 45:10 Meaning
  • 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
    Ezekiel 45:11 Meaning
  • 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
    Ezekiel 45:12 Meaning
  • 13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
    Ezekiel 45:13 Meaning
  • 14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
    Ezekiel 45:14 Meaning
  • 15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord God.
    Ezekiel 45:15 Meaning
  • 16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
    Ezekiel 45:16 Meaning
  • 17 And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
    Ezekiel 45:17 Meaning
  • 18 Thus saith the Lord God; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
    Ezekiel 45:18 Meaning
  • 19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
    Ezekiel 45:19 Meaning
  • 20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
    Ezekiel 45:20 Meaning
  • 21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
    Ezekiel 45:21 Meaning
  • 22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.
    Ezekiel 45:22 Meaning
  • 23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.
    Ezekiel 45:23 Meaning
  • 24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
    Ezekiel 45:24 Meaning
  • 25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.
    Ezekiel 45:25 Meaning

Involved in Children's Wickedness

1 SAMUEL 2:27-36Verses in the Bible

  • 27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
    1 Samuel 2:27 Meaning
  • 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
    1 Samuel 2:28 Meaning
  • 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
    1 Samuel 2:29 Meaning
  • 30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
    1 Samuel 2:30 Meaning
  • 31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
    1 Samuel 2:31 Meaning
  • 32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
    1 Samuel 2:32 Meaning
  • 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
    1 Samuel 2:33 Meaning
  • 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
    1 Samuel 2:34 Meaning
  • 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
    1 Samuel 2:35 Meaning
  • 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
    1 Samuel 2:36 Meaning

1 SAMUEL 4:10-22Verses in the Bible

  • 10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
    1 Samuel 4:10 Meaning
  • 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
    1 Samuel 4:11 Meaning
  • 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
    1 Samuel 4:12 Meaning
  • 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
    1 Samuel 4:13 Meaning
  • 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
    1 Samuel 4:14 Meaning
  • 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
    1 Samuel 4:15 Meaning
  • 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
    1 Samuel 4:16 Meaning
  • 17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
    1 Samuel 4:17 Meaning
  • 18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
    1 Samuel 4:18 Meaning
  • 19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
    1 Samuel 4:19 Meaning
  • 20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
    1 Samuel 4:20 Meaning
  • 21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
    1 Samuel 4:21 Meaning
  • 22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
    1 Samuel 4:22 Meaning

Partiality of Parents


• Isaac for Esau

GENESIS 25:28In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

• Rebekah for Jacob

GENESIS 25:28In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

GENESIS 27:6-17Verses in the Bible

  • 6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
    Genesis 27:6 Meaning
  • 7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.
    Genesis 27:7 Meaning
  • 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
    Genesis 27:8 Meaning
  • 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
    Genesis 27:9 Meaning
  • 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
    Genesis 27:10 Meaning
  • 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
    Genesis 27:11 Meaning
  • 12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
    Genesis 27:12 Meaning
  • 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
    Genesis 27:13 Meaning
  • 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
    Genesis 27:14 Meaning
  • 15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
    Genesis 27:15 Meaning
  • 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
    Genesis 27:16 Meaning
  • 17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
    Genesis 27:17 Meaning

• Jacob for Joseph

GENESIS 33:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

GENESIS 37:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

GENESIS 48:22In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

• Jacob for Benjamin

GENESIS 42:4In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

• See Partiality

Parental affection exemplified by


• Hagar

GENESIS 21:15,16Verses in the Bible

  • 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
    Genesis 21:15 Meaning
  • 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
    Genesis 21:16 Meaning

• Rebekah's Mother

GENESIS 24:55In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

• Isaac and Rebekah

GENESIS 25:28In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

• Isaac

GENESIS 27:26,27Verses in the Bible

  • 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
    Genesis 27:26 Meaning
  • 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
    Genesis 27:27 Meaning

• Laban

GENESIS 31:26-28Verses in the Bible

  • 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
    Genesis 31:26 Meaning
  • 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
    Genesis 31:27 Meaning
  • 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
    Genesis 31:28 Meaning

• Jacob

GENESIS 37:3,4Verses in the Bible

  • 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
    Genesis 37:3 Meaning
  • 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
    Genesis 37:4 Meaning

GENESIS 42:4,38Verses in the Bible

  • 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
    Genesis 42:4 Meaning
  • 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
    Genesis 42:38 Meaning

GENESIS 43:13,14Verses in the Bible

  • 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
    Genesis 43:13 Meaning
  • 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
    Genesis 43:14 Meaning

GENESIS 45:26-28Verses in the Bible

  • 26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
    Genesis 45:26 Meaning
  • 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
    Genesis 45:27 Meaning
  • 28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
    Genesis 45:28 Meaning

GENESIS 48:10,11Verses in the Bible

  • 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
    Genesis 48:10 Meaning
  • 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
    Genesis 48:11 Meaning

• Moses' Mother

EXODUS 2Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
    Exodus 2:1 Meaning
  • 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
    Exodus 2:2 Meaning
  • 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
    Exodus 2:3 Meaning
  • 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
    Exodus 2:4 Meaning
  • 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
    Exodus 2:5 Meaning
  • 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
    Exodus 2:6 Meaning
  • 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
    Exodus 2:7 Meaning
  • 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
    Exodus 2:8 Meaning
  • 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
    Exodus 2:9 Meaning
  • 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
    Exodus 2:10 Meaning
  • 11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
    Exodus 2:11 Meaning
  • 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
    Exodus 2:12 Meaning
  • 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
    Exodus 2:13 Meaning
  • 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
    Exodus 2:14 Meaning
  • 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
    Exodus 2:15 Meaning
  • 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
    Exodus 2:16 Meaning
  • 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
    Exodus 2:17 Meaning
  • 18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
    Exodus 2:18 Meaning
  • 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.
    Exodus 2:19 Meaning
  • 20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
    Exodus 2:20 Meaning
  • 21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
    Exodus 2:21 Meaning
  • 22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
    Exodus 2:22 Meaning
  • 23 And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
    Exodus 2:23 Meaning
  • 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
    Exodus 2:24 Meaning
  • 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
    Exodus 2:25 Meaning

• Naomi

RUTH 1:8,9Verses in the Bible

  • 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
    Ruth 1:8 Meaning
  • 9 The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
    Ruth 1:9 Meaning

• Hannah

1 SAMUEL 2:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

• David

2 SAMUEL 12:18-23Verses in the Bible

  • 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
    2 Samuel 12:18 Meaning
  • 19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
    2 Samuel 12:19 Meaning
  • 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
    2 Samuel 12:20 Meaning
  • 21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
    2 Samuel 12:21 Meaning
  • 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
    2 Samuel 12:22 Meaning
  • 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
    2 Samuel 12:23 Meaning

2 SAMUEL 13:38,39Verses in the Bible

  • 38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
    2 Samuel 13:38 Meaning
  • 39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
    2 Samuel 13:39 Meaning

2 SAMUEL 14:1,33Verses in the Bible

  • 33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
    2 Samuel 14:33 Meaning

2 SAMUEL 18:5,12,13,33Verses in the Bible

  • 5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
    2 Samuel 18:5 Meaning
  • 12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
    2 Samuel 18:12 Meaning
  • 13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
    2 Samuel 18:13 Meaning
  • 33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
    2 Samuel 18:33 Meaning

2 SAMUEL 19:1-6Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
    2 Samuel 19:1 Meaning
  • 2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
    2 Samuel 19:2 Meaning
  • 3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
    2 Samuel 19:3 Meaning
  • 4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
    2 Samuel 19:4 Meaning
  • 5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
    2 Samuel 19:5 Meaning
  • 6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
    2 Samuel 19:6 Meaning

• Rizpah

2 SAMUEL 21:10In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

• The True Mother of the Infant Brought to Solomon

1 KINGS 3:22-28Verses in the Bible

  • 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
    1 Kings 3:22 Meaning
  • 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
    1 Kings 3:23 Meaning
  • 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
    1 Kings 3:24 Meaning
  • 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
    1 Kings 3:25 Meaning
  • 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
    1 Kings 3:26 Meaning
  • 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
    1 Kings 3:27 Meaning
  • 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
    1 Kings 3:28 Meaning

• Mary

MATTHEW 12:46In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

LUKE 2:48In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

JOHN 2:5In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

JOHN 19:25In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

• Jairus

MARK 5:23In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

• Father of the Demoniac

MARK 9:24In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

• The Nobleman

JOHN 4:49In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

Indulgent Eli

1 SAMUEL 2:27-36Verses in the Bible

  • 27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
    1 Samuel 2:27 Meaning
  • 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
    1 Samuel 2:28 Meaning
  • 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
    1 Samuel 2:29 Meaning
  • 30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
    1 Samuel 2:30 Meaning
  • 31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
    1 Samuel 2:31 Meaning
  • 32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
    1 Samuel 2:32 Meaning
  • 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
    1 Samuel 2:33 Meaning
  • 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
    1 Samuel 2:34 Meaning
  • 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
    1 Samuel 2:35 Meaning
  • 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
    1 Samuel 2:36 Meaning

1 SAMUEL 3:13,14Verses in the Bible

  • 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
    1 Samuel 3:13 Meaning
  • 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
    1 Samuel 3:14 Meaning

• David

1 KINGS 1:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.

Paternal blessings of Parents


• Noah

GENESIS 9:24-27Verses in the Bible

  • 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
    Genesis 9:24 Meaning
  • 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
    Genesis 9:25 Meaning
  • 26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
    Genesis 9:26 Meaning
  • 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
    Genesis 9:27 Meaning

• Abraham

GENESIS 17:18In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

• Isaac

GENESIS 27:10-40Verses in the Bible

  • 10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
    Genesis 27:10 Meaning
  • 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
    Genesis 27:11 Meaning
  • 12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
    Genesis 27:12 Meaning
  • 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
    Genesis 27:13 Meaning
  • 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
    Genesis 27:14 Meaning
  • 15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
    Genesis 27:15 Meaning
  • 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
    Genesis 27:16 Meaning
  • 17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
    Genesis 27:17 Meaning
  • 18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
    Genesis 27:18 Meaning
  • 19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
    Genesis 27:19 Meaning
  • 20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.
    Genesis 27:20 Meaning
  • 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
    Genesis 27:21 Meaning
  • 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
    Genesis 27:22 Meaning
  • 23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
    Genesis 27:23 Meaning
  • 24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
    Genesis 27:24 Meaning
  • 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
    Genesis 27:25 Meaning
  • 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
    Genesis 27:26 Meaning
  • 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
    Genesis 27:27 Meaning
  • 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
    Genesis 27:28 Meaning
  • 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
    Genesis 27:29 Meaning
  • 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
    Genesis 27:30 Meaning
  • 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
    Genesis 27:31 Meaning
  • 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
    Genesis 27:32 Meaning
  • 33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
    Genesis 27:33 Meaning
  • 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
    Genesis 27:34 Meaning
  • 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
    Genesis 27:35 Meaning
  • 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
    Genesis 27:36 Meaning
  • 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
    Genesis 27:37 Meaning
  • 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
    Genesis 27:38 Meaning
  • 39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
    Genesis 27:39 Meaning
  • 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
    Genesis 27:40 Meaning

GENESIS 28:3,4Verses in the Bible

  • 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
    Genesis 28:3 Meaning
  • 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
    Genesis 28:4 Meaning

• Jacob

GENESIS 48:15-20Verses in the Bible

  • 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
    Genesis 48:15 Meaning
  • 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
    Genesis 48:16 Meaning
  • 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
    Genesis 48:17 Meaning
  • 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
    Genesis 48:18 Meaning
  • 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
    Genesis 48:19 Meaning
  • 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
    Genesis 48:20 Meaning

GENESIS 49:1-28Verses in the Bible

  • 1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
    Genesis 49:1 Meaning
  • 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
    Genesis 49:2 Meaning
  • 3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
    Genesis 49:3 Meaning
  • 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
    Genesis 49:4 Meaning
  • 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
    Genesis 49:5 Meaning
  • 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
    Genesis 49:6 Meaning
  • 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
    Genesis 49:7 Meaning
  • 8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
    Genesis 49:8 Meaning
  • 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
    Genesis 49:9 Meaning
  • 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
    Genesis 49:10 Meaning
  • 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
    Genesis 49:11 Meaning
  • 12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
    Genesis 49:12 Meaning
  • 13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
    Genesis 49:13 Meaning
  • 14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
    Genesis 49:14 Meaning
  • 15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
    Genesis 49:15 Meaning
  • 16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
    Genesis 49:16 Meaning
  • 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
    Genesis 49:17 Meaning
  • 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.
    Genesis 49:18 Meaning
  • 19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
    Genesis 49:19 Meaning
  • 20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
    Genesis 49:20 Meaning
  • 21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
    Genesis 49:21 Meaning
  • 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
    Genesis 49:22 Meaning
  • 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
    Genesis 49:23 Meaning
  • 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
    Genesis 49:24 Meaning
  • 25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
    Genesis 49:25 Meaning
  • 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
    Genesis 49:26 Meaning
  • 27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
    Genesis 49:27 Meaning
  • 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
    Genesis 49:28 Meaning

Prayers on behalf of children


• Of Hannah

1 SAMUEL 1:27In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 27 For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

• Of David

2 SAMUEL 7:25-29Verses in the Bible

  • 25 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
    2 Samuel 7:25 Meaning
  • 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
    2 Samuel 7:26 Meaning
  • 27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
    2 Samuel 7:27 Meaning
  • 28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
    2 Samuel 7:28 Meaning
  • 29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
    2 Samuel 7:29 Meaning

1 CHRONICLES 17:16-27Verses in the Bible

  • 16 And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
    1 Chronicles 17:16 Meaning
  • 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God.
    1 Chronicles 17:17 Meaning
  • 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
    1 Chronicles 17:18 Meaning
  • 19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
    1 Chronicles 17:19 Meaning
  • 20 O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
    1 Chronicles 17:20 Meaning
  • 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
    1 Chronicles 17:21 Meaning
  • 22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.
    1 Chronicles 17:22 Meaning
  • 23 Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
    1 Chronicles 17:23 Meaning
  • 24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
    1 Chronicles 17:24 Meaning
  • 25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
    1 Chronicles 17:25 Meaning
  • 26 And now, Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
    1 Chronicles 17:26 Meaning
  • 27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever.
    1 Chronicles 17:27 Meaning

2 SAMUEL 12:16In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

1 CHRONICLES 22:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 12 Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.

1 CHRONICLES 29:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

• Of

JOB 1:5In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Paternal Reproaches

GENESIS 9:24,25Verses in the Bible

  • 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
    Genesis 9:24 Meaning
  • 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
    Genesis 9:25 Meaning

GENESIS 49:3-7Verses in the Bible

  • 3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
    Genesis 49:3 Meaning
  • 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
    Genesis 49:4 Meaning
  • 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
    Genesis 49:5 Meaning
  • 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
    Genesis 49:6 Meaning
  • 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
    Genesis 49:7 Meaning

Influence of Parents

• See Influence

Scriptures Relating to

GENESIS 18:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

EXODUS 10:2In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord.

EXODUS 12:26,27Verses in the Bible

  • 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
    Exodus 12:26 Meaning
  • 27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
    Exodus 12:27 Meaning

EXODUS 13:8,14Verses in the Bible

  • 8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
    Exodus 13:8 Meaning
  • 14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
    Exodus 13:14 Meaning

EXODUS 20:5,10Verses in the Bible

  • 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
    Exodus 20:5 Meaning
  • 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
    Exodus 20:10 Meaning

EXODUS 21:17In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

LEVITICUS 20:9In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

LEVITICUS 23:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

DEUTERONOMY 4:9,10Verses in the Bible

  • 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
    Deuteronomy 4:9 Meaning
  • 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
    Deuteronomy 4:10 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 6:7,20-24Verses in the Bible

  • 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
    Deuteronomy 6:7 Meaning
  • 20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?
    Deuteronomy 6:20 Meaning
  • 21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
    Deuteronomy 6:21 Meaning
  • 22 And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
    Deuteronomy 6:22 Meaning
  • 23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
    Deuteronomy 6:23 Meaning
  • 24 And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
    Deuteronomy 6:24 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 11:18-21Verses in the Bible

  • 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
    Deuteronomy 11:18 Meaning
  • 19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
    Deuteronomy 11:19 Meaning
  • 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
    Deuteronomy 11:20 Meaning
  • 21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
    Deuteronomy 11:21 Meaning

DEUTERONOMY 32:46In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.

PSALM 78:5,6Verses in the Bible

  • 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
    Psalm 78:5 Meaning
  • 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
    Psalm 78:6 Meaning

PSALM 103:13In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

PROVERBS 3:12In the Bible Verse Meaning

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

PROVERBS 13:22,24Verses in the Bible

  • 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
    Proverbs 13:22 Meaning
  • 23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
    Proverbs 13:23 Meaning
  • 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
    Proverbs 13:24 Meaning

PROVERBS 19:18In the Bible Verse Meaning

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

PROVERBS 22:6,15Verses in the Bible

  • 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
    Proverbs 22:6 Meaning
  • 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
    Proverbs 22:15 Meaning

PROVERBS 23:13,14Verses in the Bible

  • 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
    Proverbs 23:13 Meaning
  • 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
    Proverbs 23:14 Meaning

PROVERBS 27:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

PROVERBS 29:15,17Verses in the Bible

  • 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
    Proverbs 29:15 Meaning
  • 16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
    Proverbs 29:16 Meaning
  • 17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
    Proverbs 29:17 Meaning

PROVERBS 31:28In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

ISAIAH 38:19In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

ISAIAH 49:15In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

ISAIAH 66:13In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

JEREMIAH 31:1In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 1 At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

JEREMIAH 49:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

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

LAMENTATIONS 5:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

JOEL 1:3In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

MALACHI 4:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

MATTHEW 10:37In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

LUKE 11:11-13Verses in the Bible

  • 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
    Luke 11:11 Meaning
  • 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
    Luke 11:12 Meaning
  • 13 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?
    Luke 11:13 Meaning

2 CORINTHIANS 12:14In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

EPHESIANS 6:4In the Bible Verse Meaning

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

COLOSSIANS 3:21In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

1 THESSALONIANS 2:11In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

1 TIMOTHY 3:4,5,12Verses in the Bible

  • 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
    1 Timothy 3:4 Meaning
  • 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
    1 Timothy 3:5 Meaning
  • 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
    1 Timothy 3:12 Meaning

1 TIMOTHY 5:8In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

TITUS 1:6In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

TITUS 2:4In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

HEBREWS 12:7In the Bible Verse Meaning

  • 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

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