1 Thessalonians 2:11
As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,
1 Thessalonians 2:7
although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children,
Genesis 50:16-17
So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father gave these instructions before he died:
Numbers 27:19
set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission him publicly.
Deuteronomy 3:28
Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see."
Deuteronomy 31:14
Then the Lord said to Moses, "The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him." So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
1 Chronicles 22:11-13
"Now, my son, may the Lord be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, just as he announced you would.
1 Chronicles 28:9
"And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one's thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
1 Chronicles 28:20
David said to his son Solomon: "Be strong and brave! Do it! Don't be afraid and don't panic! For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord's temple is finished.
Psalm 34:11
Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord.
Proverbs 1:10
My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
Proverbs 1:15
My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;
Proverbs 2:1
My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you,
Proverbs 3:1
My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
Proverbs 4:1-12
Listen, children, to a father's instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.
Proverbs 5:1-2
My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,
Proverbs 6:1
My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,
Proverbs 7:1
My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.
Proverbs 7:24
So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.
Proverbs 31:1-9
The words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him:
Acts 20:2
After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece,
1 Corinthians 4:14-15
I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.
Ephesians 4:17
So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.
2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.
1 Timothy 5:7
Reinforce these commands, so that they will be beyond reproach.
1 Timothy 5:21
Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind.
1 Timothy 6:2
But those who have believing masters must not show them less respectTeach them and exhort them about these things.
1 Timothy 6:13
I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,
1 Timothy 6:17
Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our 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
Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled,
Titus 2:9
Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back,
Titus 2:15
So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don't let anyone look down on you.
Hebrews 13:22
Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly.