Bible Verses About Parents

And he said to Heli: I am he that came from the battle, and have fled out of the field this day. And he said to him: What is there done, my son?

And he that brought the news answered, and said: Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter of the people: moreover thy two sons, Ophni and Phinees, are dead: and the ark of God is taken.

And when he had named the ark of God, he fell from his stool backwards by the door, and broke his neck and died. For he was an old man, and far advanced in years: And he judged Israel forty years.

And his daughter in law, the wife of Phinees, was big with child, and near her time: and hearing the news that the ark of God was taken, and her father in law, and her husband, were dead, she bowed herself and fell in labour: for her pains came upon her on a sudden.

And when she was upon the point of death, they that stood about her said to her: Fear not, for thou hast borne a son. She answered them not, nor gave heed to them.

And she called the child Ichabod, saying: The glory is gone from Israel, because the ark of God was taken, and for her father in law, and for her husband:

And she said: The glory is departed from Israel, because the ark of God was taken.

And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David.

And David besought the Lord for the child: and David kept a fast, and going in by himself lay upon the ground.

And the king commanded Joab, and Abisai, and Ethai, saying: Save me the boy Absalom. And all the people heard the king giving charge to all the princes concerning Absalom.

The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom.

He said to his father: My head acheth, my head acheth. But he said to his servant. Take him, and carry him to his mother.

And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, she sat him on her knees, until noon, and then he died.

And thou my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the thoughts of minds. If thou seek him, thou shalt find him: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, that he may keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy ceremonies, and do all things: and build the house, for which I have provided the charges.

He also walked in the ways of the house of Achab: for his mother pushed him on to do wickedly.

And he made his sons to pass through the fire in the valley of Benennom: he observed dreams, followed divinations, gave himself up to magic arts, had with him magicians, and enchanters: and he wrought many evils before the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early, offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days.

And there were not found in all the earth women so beautiful as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:

There the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron.

Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever.