Verse 3. - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord. The teaching is enforced by an example. The prosperity, alike of states and of individuals, depends on nothing so much as on an abundant progeny of children. But children are manifestly the free gift of God. And the fruit of the ...
6Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Read ChapterAll Versions Genesis 33:5 5Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the children God has ...
These were a subordinate order of Divine beings or demi-gods, and the title here may mean no more, although it was probably a survival of an earlier idea of the actual descent of these gods from a higher God. The idea of a heavenly court where the sons of God come to present themselv...
Children were sometimes dedicated to God, even before their birth (1Sa 1:11). Names often were significant: Moses (Ex 2:10); Samuel (1Sa 1:20); Ichabod (1Sa 4:21; compare Ge 30:1-43) (see PROPER NAMES). The firstborn son belonged to God (Nu 3:44 ff). The ceremony of ...
God as a Father is spoken of as delivering the righteous (Ecclus 51:1ff.; Wisd Sol 2:16, cf. Matt 27:42f.), publicly owning them as His children (Wisd Sol 5:5). He is invoked as “Father and God of my life” in Ecclesiasticus 23:1, 4a. Verse 6 of the Prayer of Manasseh...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThe promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”New Living TranslationThis promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away—all who have been called by the Lo...
Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Psalm 139:14, “I praise you God, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” What does the Bible say about praying for your children? Consider this verse from Philippians 4:6,“Do not be anxious about anything...
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Though rich in folklore drawn from its many peoples and languages, Soviet culture remained weak in the realm of fantasy. A fairy play such as Marshak’s Krugly god (Eng. trans., The Month Brothers, 1967) seems (at least in English) fatally heavy-handed. That Soviet children’s literature...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Versionand not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.New Living TranslationAnd not only for that nation, but to bring together and unite all the children of God scattered around ...