Thematic Bible: Paternal love
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Paternal love » Examples of fathers' love » David
And the king will command Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Gently for me to the boy, to Absalom. And all the people heard in the king's commanding all the chiefs for the word of Absalom.
And David will seek God for the boy, and fast a fast; and he came and passed the night and lay upon the earth.
And David the king was fixed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted for Amnon, for he died.
Paternal love » Examples of fathers' love » jacob
And all his sons and all his daughters, will rise up to comfort him; and he will refuse to be comforted; and will say, For I will go down to my son mourning to hadas; and his father will weep for him.
And he will say, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother died, and he alone was left: and harm meeting him in the way in which ye shall go, and ye bring down my old age with grief to hades.
And Israel will say to Joseph, Now will I die, after I saw thy face, because thou art yet living.
Paternal love » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus
And quickly the child's father having cried out with tears, said, I believe, O Lord, help thou mine unbelief.
And he besought him much, saying, That my little daughter is at the last extremity: that, having come, thou Mightest put the hands upon her, so that she might be saved; and she shall live.
Paternal love » Examples of fathers' love » Laban
And didst not permit me to kiss my sons and to my daughters? now thou wert foolish doing it
Paternal love » Examples of fathers' love » Father of the prodigal
And having risen, he came to his father. And yet being far off, his father saw him, and felt compassion, and having run, fell upon his neck, and kissed him.