Jeremiah 3:4
Even now you say to me, 'You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.
Jeremiah 2:2
"Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem: 'This is what the Lord says: "I have fond memories of you, how devoted you were to me in your early years. I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted.
Jeremiah 3:19
"I thought to myself, 'Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!' I thought you would call me, 'Father' and would never cease being loyal to me.
Psalm 71:17
O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.
Proverbs 2:17
who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.
Jeremiah 31:9
They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel's father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.'"
Hosea 2:15
From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the "Valley of Trouble" into an "Opportunity for Hope." There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt.
Psalm 48:14
For God, our God, is our defender forever! He guides us!
Psalm 71:5
For you give me confidence, O Lord; O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young.
Psalm 119:9
(Bet) How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions!
Proverbs 1:4
To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, and a discerning plan to the young person.
Jeremiah 2:27
They say to a wooden idol, 'You are my father.' They say to a stone image, 'You gave birth to me.' Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!'
Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, 'We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God.
Hosea 14:1-3
Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall!
Malachi 2:14
Yet you ask, "Why?" The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.