Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping. And I will lead them with supplications. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Exodus 4:22
And thou shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says LORD, Israel is my son, my first-born,
Isaiah 63:13
who led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they stumbled not?
Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and in that time, says LORD, the sons of Israel shall come, they and the sons of Judah together. They shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek LORD their God.
Psalm 23:2
He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
Isaiah 35:6-8
Then the lame man shall leap as a hart, and the tongue of the mute shall sing. For waters in the wilderness shall break out, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, thou are our Father. We are the clay, and thou our potter, and we are all the work of thy hand.
Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication. And they shall look to me whom they have pierced. And they shall mourn for him, as [a man] mourns for his only
Deuteronomy 32:6
Do ye thus requite LORD, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father who has bought thee? He has made thee, and established thee.
1 Chronicles 29:10
Therefore David praised LORD before all the assembly. And David said, Blessed be thou, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Isaiah 40:3-4
The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 41:17-19
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst. I, LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah 43:16-19
Thus says LORD, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters,
Isaiah 49:9-11
saying to those who are bound, Go forth to those who are in darkness. Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare heights.
Isaiah 57:14
And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way. Take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
Isaiah 63:16
For thou are our Father, though Abraham knows us not, and Israel does not acknowledge us, thou, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer, from everlasting is thy name.
Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says LORD.
Ezekiel 34:12-14
As a shepherd seeks out his flock, in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep, and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Daniel 9:17-18
Now therefore, O our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for LORD's sake.
Hosea 12:4
Yea, he had strength over the [heavenly] agent, and prevailed, [as] he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us.
Matthew 3:3
For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of a man crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted.
Matthew 6:9
Pray ye therefore this way: Our Father in the heavens, hallowed be thy name.
Luke 3:4-6
as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, which says, The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.
Luke 6:21
Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.
Romans 8:26
And likewise also the Spirit helps our weaknesses, for we know not what we would pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.
2 Corinthians 6:18
and will be for a Father to you, and ye will be for sons and daughters to me, says Lord Almighty.
2 Corinthians 7:9-11
Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved, but that ye were grieved for repentance. For ye were grieved toward God, so that ye might suffer loss from us in nothing.
Hebrews 5:7
Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong shouting and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence,
Hebrews 12:13
and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be turned away, but may be healed instead.
Hebrews 12:23
to a festal gathering and assembly of firstborn sons who were enrolled in the heavens, and to God, a Judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men who were made fully perfect,
Revelation 7:17
Because the Lamb in the midst of the throne will tend them, and will lead them to fountains of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.