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"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you."
(Exodus chapter 20: 12)
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"Bear with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgive each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive."
(Colossians chapter 3: 13)
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"How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!"
(Psalm chapter 133: 1)
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"But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
(Joshua chapter 24: 15)
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"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate."
(Psalm chapter 127: 3-5)
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"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."
(Ephesians chapter 5: 25)
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"Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good."
(Romans chapter 12: 9)
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"Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure."
(1 John chapter 3: 2-3)
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"Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."
(Ephesians chapter 6: 4)
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"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity."
(Proverbs chapter 17: 17)
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"Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children."
(Proverbs chapter 17: 6)
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"Honor your father and mother."
(Matthew chapter 19: 19)
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"But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children— with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts."
(Psalm chapter 103: 17-18)
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"A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother."
(Proverbs chapter 10: 1)
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"Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away."
(Proverbs chapter 27: 10)
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"Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it."
(Proverbs chapter 22: 6)
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"Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord."
(Colossians chapter 3: 20)
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"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me."
(Isaiah chapter 49: 15-16)
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"If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
(Luke chapter 11: 13)
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"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."
(Ephesians chapter 6: 1-3)
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"For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him."
(Genesis chapter 18: 19)
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"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful."
(Colossians chapter 3: 15)
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"And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
(Colossians chapter 3: 14)
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"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
(1 Corinthians chapter 13: 4-7)
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"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
(Romans chapter 8: 38-39)
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"But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked."
(Luke chapter 6: 35)
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"I have loved you,” says the LORD. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals."
(Malachi chapter 1: 2-3)
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"She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants. She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks."
(Proverbs chapter 31: 15-17)
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"Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."
(1 Timothy chapter 5: 8)
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"To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy"
(Jude chapter 1: 24)
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"That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh."
(Genesis chapter 2: 24)
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"Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers."
(1 Peter chapter 3: 7)
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"My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed."
(Proverbs chapter 23: 15)
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"The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him."
(Proverbs chapter 23: 24)
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"One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
(Proverbs chapter 18: 24)
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"Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen."
(1 John chapter 4: 20)
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"So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love."
(1 Corinthians chapter 13: 13)
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"She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come."
(Proverbs chapter 31: 25)
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"I can do all things through him who strengthens me."
(Philippians chapter 4: 13)
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