Proverbs 27:11
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
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Proverbs 27:11
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
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1 Samuel 2:17
The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised Yahweh’s offering.
1 Samuel 2:23
He said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people.
1 Samuel 2:24
No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make Yahweh’s people disobey.
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Job 5:4
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
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Psalms 127:4
As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
Psalms 128:1
Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
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Proverbs 1:8
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
Proverbs 27:14
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
Proverbs 27:18
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
Proverbs 27:19
Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
Proverbs 27:23
Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,
Proverbs 27:24
for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
Proverbs 27:25
The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
Proverbs 27:26
The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
Proverbs 27:27
There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
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Proverbs 22:21
To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
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Proverbs 23:16
Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:21
For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
1 Thessalonians 3:4
For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.
Philemon 1:7
For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
Philemon 1:19
I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).
Philemon 1:20
Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.
2 John 1:4
I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.
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Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
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Ezekiel 16:44
“ ‘ “Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you, saying, ‘As is the mother, so is her daughter.’
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Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
Luke 1:14
You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.
Luke 1:15
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
Luke 1:16
He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.
Luke 1:17
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
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Matthew 5:16
Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
1 Timothy 3:4
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
1 Timothy 3:5
(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
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