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 3:4
Now you call to me. You say, 'Father!' You have been my friend ever since I was young.
Exodus 4:22
Say to Pharaoh: 'Thus says Jehovah, Israel is my son, my firstborn.
Isaiah 63:13
Where is the one who led them through the deep water? Like horses in the wilderness, they did not stumble.
Jeremiah 50:4
In those days and at that time, declares Jehovah, the sons of Israel will come. Both they and the sons of Judah will go along weeping as they go. They will seek Jehovah their God.
Psalm 23:2
He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters.
Isaiah 35:6-8
The lame will leap and dance, and those who cannot speak will shout for joy. Streams of water will flow through the desert plain.
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 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.
Zechariah 12:10
I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of kindness and of supplication. They will look to the one whom they pierced; and they will mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son. There will be a bitter lamentation for him, like one who grieves for his first-born.
Deuteronomy 32:6
Is this how you repay Jehovah, you foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father and creator, who made you and formed you?
1 Chronicles 29:10
There in front of the whole assembly King David praised Jehovah. He said: Jehovah, God of our father (ancester) Israel. May you be praised forever and ever!
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest.
Isaiah 40:3-4
A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 41:17-19
The poor and needy search for water, but there is none! Their tongues are parched with thirst. But I Jehovah will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah 43:16-19
Jehovah makes a path through the sea and a road through the strong currents.
Isaiah 49:9-11
Say to those who are bound: Go forth, to those in the darkness and show yourselves. They will feed along the roads and their pasture is on all bare heights.
Isaiah 57:14
One will say: 'Heap it up! Heap it up! Prepare the way; Take the stumbling block out of the way of my people.'
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.
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.
Ezekiel 34:12-14
As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for my sheep and will deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.
Daniel 9:17-18
Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplications, and cause your face to shine upon your sanctuary that is desolate, for Jehovah's sake.
Hosea 12:4
He struggled with the angel and won. Jacob cried and pleaded with him. Jacob found him at Bethel, and he talked with him there.
Matthew 3:3
Isaiah spoke of John when he said: He is a voice shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of Jehovah. Make his paths straight.' (Isaiah 40:3)
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Matthew 6:9
Our Father in heaven, holy is your name. (Exodus 6:3) (Psalm 83:18) (Isaiah 42:8; 54:5; 63:16; 64:8)
Luke 3:4-6
This was according to the words of Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make ready the way of Jehovah. Make his paths straight.
Luke 6:21
Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh.
Romans 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helps our weaknesses. We do not know what we should pray for, as we should. The Spirit [of God] makes intercession with groaning that cannot be spoken.
2 Corinthians 6:18
I will be a Father to you, and you will be to me sons and daughters, said Jehovah God the Almighty. (Hosea 1:10)
2 Corinthians 7:9-11
I now rejoice, not because you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance; for you were made sorry after a godly fashion, that you might not suffer loss by us.
Hebrews 5:7
In the days of his life on earth, when he [Christ] offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to the one who was able to save him out of death, and was heard because of his godly reverence. (Galatians 1:1) (Psalm 69:13)
Hebrews 12:13
Make straight paths for your feet. Let that which is lame be turned out of the way, but rather let it be healed.
Hebrews 12:23
to the general assembly and congregation of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just (righteous) (holy) men made perfect (mature) (having all needed qualities).
Revelation 7:17
The Lamb who is in the middle of the throne will feed them and lead them to living fountains of water. God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.