1 Thessalonians 2:11
just as you know how [we treated] each one of you, like a father his own children,
1 Thessalonians 2:7
{Although we could have insisted on our own importance} as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
Genesis 50:16-17
So they sent [word] to Joseph saying, "Your father commanded [us] before his death, saying,
Numbers 27:19
Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before the entire community, and {commission him} {in their sight}.
Deuteronomy 3:28
Now instruct Joshua and support him and encourage him because he himself will cross [over] before this people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.'
Deuteronomy 31:14
Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Look, {you are about to die}; call Joshua and present yourselves in [the] tent of assembly, so that I may instruct him." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in [the] tent of assembly.
1 Chronicles 22:11-13
Now, my son, Yahweh will be with you, that you may succeed and build the house of Yahweh your God as he has spoken concerning you.
1 Chronicles 28:9
"And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and a willing mind, for Yahweh searches all hearts and understands every plan and [all] thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.
1 Chronicles 28:20
Then David said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous, and do [this]! Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for Yahweh God, my God, [is] with you. He will not fail you and will not forsake you until all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh is finished.
Psalm 34:11
Come, [you] children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
Proverbs 1:10
My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
Proverbs 1:15
My child, do not walk in their way. Keep your foot from their paths,
Proverbs 2:1
My child, if you will receive my sayings, and hide my commands with you,
Proverbs 3:1
My child, do not forget my instruction, and may your heart guard my commands.
Proverbs 4:1-12
Children, listen [to the] instruction of a father, and be attentive [in order] to know insight.
Proverbs 5:1-2
My child, be attentive to my wisdom, and to my understanding incline your ear;
Proverbs 6:1
My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor, [if] you have bound {yourself} to the stranger,
Proverbs 7:1
My child, guard my sayings; store my commandments with you.
Proverbs 7:24
And now, my children, listen to me, and be attentive to the sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 31:1-9
The words of Lemuel, [the] king--an oracle that his mother taught him:
Acts 20:2
And [after he] had gone through those regions and encouraged them {at length}, he came to Greece
1 Corinthians 4:14-15
I am not writing these [things] to shame you, but admonishing [you] as my dear children.
Ephesians 4:17
This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, [that] you no longer walk as the Gentiles walk: in the futility of their mind,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally therefore, brothers, we ask you and appeal to [you] in the Lord Jesus that, just as you have received from us how it is necessary for you to live and to please God, just as indeed you are living, that you progress even more.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build up {each other}, just as indeed you are doing.
2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now we command and we exhort such people in the Lord Jesus Christ that, working with quietness, they eat their own bread.
1 Timothy 5:7
And command these [things], in order that they may be irreproachable.
1 Timothy 5:21
I testify solemnly before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels that you observe these [things] without prejudice, doing nothing according to partiality.
1 Timothy 6:2
And those who have believing masters must not look down on [them] because they are brothers, but rather they must serve, because those who benefit by their service are believers and dearly loved.
1 Timothy 6:13
I command you, in the sight of God who gives life to all [things] and Christ Jesus who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those [who are] rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all [things] richly for enjoyment,
2 Timothy 4:1-2
I solemnly charge [you] before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,
Titus 2:6
Likewise, exhort the young men to be self-controlled,
Titus 2:9
Slaves must be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not to talk back,
Titus 2:15
Speak these [things] and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
Hebrews 13:22
Now I urge you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for indeed I have written to you {briefly}.