Jeremiah 3:19
I wanted to treat you like children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful property among the nations. I thought you would call me Father and not turn away from me.
Jeremiah 3:4
Now you call to me. You say, 'Father!' You have been my friend ever since I was young.
Isaiah 63:16
You are our Father. Even though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not pay attention to us, O Jehovah, you are our Father. Your name is our Defender From Everlasting.
Psalm 106:24
They refused to enter the pleasant land. They did not believe what he said.
Proverbs 3:35
Wise people will inherit glory. But disgrace is the legacy of stupid (foolish) people.
Isaiah 64:8
But now, Jehovah, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are our potter. We are the work of your hands.
Jeremiah 5:7
Jehovah asked: Why should I forgive the sins of my people? They have abandoned me and have worshiped gods that are not real. I fed my people until they were full, but they committed adultery and spent their time with prostitutes.
Jeremiah 12:10
Many foreign rulers have destroyed my vineyard. They trampled down my fields and turned my beautiful land into a desert.
Jeremiah 31:9
With weeping they will come. By supplication I will lead them. I will make them walk by streams of waters on a straight path in which they will not stumble. For I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jeremiah 31:20
Ephraim, O Ephraim my dear delightful son! Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him. My heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him, declares Jehovah.
Jeremiah 32:39-40
I will give them the same attitude and the same purpose so that they will respect and reverence me as long as they live. This will be for their good and for the good of their children.
Ezekiel 20:6
It was then that I promised to take them out of Egypt and lead them to a land I had chosen for them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all.
Daniel 8:9
A little horn cam out of one of them. The little horn became very great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
Daniel 11:16
But he that comes against him will do according to his own will, and none will stand against him. He will stand in the glorious land, and in his hand will be destruction.
Daniel 11:41
He will also invade the glorious land, and many countries will be overthrown. These will be delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
Daniel 11:45
He will plant the tents of his palace (dwell in and control) between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. But he will come to his end, and none will help him.
Hosea 11:8
How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within me. All my compassion is aroused.
Matthew 6:8-9
Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
John 1:11-13
He came to his own. They did not receive him!
Romans 8:15-17
For you have not received a spirit of bondage again causing fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Father, Father! (Chaldee: Abba, meaning father).
2 Corinthians 6:17-18
Therefore come out from among them and be separate (set off) (severed from them) (excluded from them), said Jehovah. Do not touch the unclean thing and I will receive you. (Isaiah 52:11) (Jeremiah 51:45)
Galatians 3:26
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:5-7
that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
Ephesians 1:5
He predetermined (ordained) us to adoption, as sons to himself through Jesus Christ, according to the kind intention of his will.
Hebrews 10:39
We are not people who turn back and are destroyed. Instead, we have faith and are saved.
1 Peter 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy he gave us a new birth to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 John 3:1-3
Observe the love the Father gave to us that we should be called the children of God. That is what we are! For this reason the world does not know us. This is because it did not know him.