65 Bible Verses about Love, And The World

He who spares the rod (authority) hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines (instructs) him promptly.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of God.

Carefully teach them to your sons. Talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way. Speak about them when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you. I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. The children should not provide for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, that they not be discouraged.

one who manages well his own house, having his children in subjection with all seriousness;

From childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to make you wise to salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.

She sat across from him at a distance. She thought: I cannot watch the boy die. She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept.

When she could not hide him any longer, she took a basket made of papyrus reeds and coated it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in it and set it among the papyrus reeds near the bank of the Nile River.

Sisera's mother looked thru the window. From behind the lattice she looked. Why is his chariot so late in coming? She asked. Why are his horses so slow to return?

His mother made him a little robe. She brought it to him when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

Rizpah daughter of Aiah spread some sackcloth on a nearby rock. She would not let the birds land on the bodies during the day. She kept the wild animals away at night. She stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until it started to rain.

With a heart full of love for her son the real mother said: Please, Your Majesty, do not kill the child! Give it to her! But the other woman said: Do not give it to either of us cut it in two.

She said to Elijah: What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

The servant carried the boy back to his mother. She held him in her lap until noon. Then the boy died.

The woman was a Greek Syrophoenician by race. She wanted him to drive out the demon out of her daughter.

When they saw him they were astonished. His mother said to him: Son, why did you treat us this way? Your father and I have searched for you and we have been worried.

When he came near the gate of the city he saw people carrying a dead person. It was the only son of a widow. Many people were with her. When the Lord saw her he had sympathy for her. Do not cry, he said.

His mother stood by the stake of Jesus, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Take your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.

You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing you did.

All his sons and daughters came to comfort him. However, he refused to be comforted. He said: I will go down to the grave still mourning for my son. So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.

Jacob replied: My son will not go with you. His brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If any harm comes to him on the trip you are taking, the grief would drive this gray-haired old man to his grave!

David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and lay on the ground all night.

King David longed for Absalom once people had consoled him over Amnon's death.

He pleaded with him saying: My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her that she will be healed and live.

Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue came to Jesus. He fell down at Jesus' feet and implored him to come to his house. His twelve-year old daughter was dying. She was his only daughter. As he went the crowds surrounded him.

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show righteousness towards their own family, and to repay their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Joseph got in his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father. When they met, Joseph threw his arms around his father's neck and cried for a long time.

Respect your mother and father. Observe my days of worship. I am Jehovah your God!

She said: If you made a promise to Jehovah, do what you said you would do to me, since Jehovah has given you revenge on your enemies, the Ammonites.

David went from there to Mizpah in Moab. He said to the king of Moab: Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me.

Elisha then left his bulls and ran after Elijah. He said: Let me kiss my father and mother good-bye and then I will go with you. Elijah answered, All right, go back. I am not stopping you!

We have obeyed all the instructions that Jonadab gave us. We never drink wine, and neither do our wives, our sons, or our daughters.

God said, 'Honor your father and mother.' 'He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.'

Moses said: 'Honor your father and your mother. He also said: 'He that speaks evil of father or mother must die.'

He went with them to Nazareth. He remained subject to them. His mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved. He said to his mother, Woman, look, your son! Then he said to the disciple, Look, your mother! That hour forward the disciple took her to his home.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing in the Lord.

About that time Jacob's sons were coming in from the fields. When they heard about it, they were shocked and furious that Shechem had done such a thing. He had insulted the people of Israel by raping Jacob's daughter.

Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck (huged his brother) and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. (Acts 20:37) He kissed all his brothers and wept on them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.

Ruth replied: Do not ask me to leave you! Let me go with you. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die. That is where I will be buried. May Jehovah's worst punishment come upon me if I let anything but death separate me from you!

Absalom hated Amnon so much because he raped his sister Tamar. He would not speak to him anymore.

It appears that you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house. But why have you taken my gods?

Jacob told his sons: Soon I will die. I want you to bury me in Machpelah Cave.

Promise me that you will take my body with you when God leads you to that land.

Hobab answered: No, I am going back to my native land.

Some time later Naomi heard that Jehovah blessed his people by giving them good crops. So she got ready to leave Moab with her daughters-in-law.

Be brave and fight hard to protect our people and the cities of our God. I pray that Jehovah will do whatever pleases him.

Please let me return to my hometown. There I can someday be buried near my father and mother. My servant Chimham can go with you. You can treat him as your own.

David grew homesick. He said: I wish someone would bring me a drink of water from the well by the gate at Bethlehem!

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them. Keep in mind Jehovah who is great and greatly to be feared. Take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who love you prosper.

If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp. Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

Do not tell the news in Gath. Do not announce the victory in the streets of Ashkelon. The daughters of the Philistines will be glad. The daughters of godless men will celebrate.

You people escaped from the sword. Now leave! Do not just stand there. Remember Jehovah in a distant land and think about Jerusalem.

David asked some soldiers standing nearby: What will a man get for killing this Philistine and stopping him from insulting our people? Who does that worthless Philistine think he is? He makes fun of the army of the living God!

David and his men raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. Their territory extends from Telaim to Shur and Egypt. David attacked the territory and left no man or woman alive. He also took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and returned to Achish. Achish would ask: Whom did you raid today? David would answer: The south country (Negev) in Judah, or the south country of the Jerahmeelites, or the south country of the Kenites.

They said to me: The small band of Jews now living there in the land is in deep trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire. After I heard these words I sat down on the ground and cried for days. I ate no food and offered prayer to the God of heaven.

I said to the king: If it is the king's will, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.

By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.

We have been put to shame. We have been disgraced. Shame covers our faces, because foreigners have gone into the holy places of Jehovah's temple.

I could wish that I were accursed (separated) (banned) (excommunicated) from Christ for the good of (in behalf of) my countrymen and brothers (the Jews).