Psalm 103:13
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13 As a father has compassion for his children,
so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.(A)
Luke 11:11-12
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11 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked for[a] a fish, would give a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or if the child asked for an egg, would give a scorpion?
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- 11.11 Other ancient authorities add bread, will give a stone? Or if your child asks for
Hebrews 12:5-11
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5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children—
“My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord
or lose heart when you are punished by him,(A)
6 for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves
and chastises every child whom he accepts.”(B)
7 Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children, for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline?(C) 8 If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children.(D) 9 Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness.(E) 11 Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.(F)
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Jeremiah 31:20
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20 Is Ephraim my dear son?
Is he the child in whom I delight?
As often as I speak against him,
I still remember him.
Therefore I am deeply moved for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
says the Lord.(A)
Psalm 103:17
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17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children’s children,
Luke 15:21-22
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21 Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’[a](A) 22 But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out a robe—the best one—and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.(B)
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- 15.21 Other ancient authorities add Treat me like one of your hired servants
Proverbs 3:12
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12 for the Lord reproves the one he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.(A)
Jeremiah 31:9
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9 With weeping they shall come,
and with consolations[a] I will lead them back;
I will let them walk by brooks of water,
in a straight path where they shall not stumble,
for I have become a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is my firstborn.(A)
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- 31.9 Gk: Heb supplications
Malachi 4:2
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2 But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.(A)
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Malachi 3:16-17
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The Reward of the Faithful
16 Then those who revered the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who revered the Lord and thought on his name.(A) 17 They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, my special possession on the day when I act, and I will spare them as parents spare their children who serve them.(B)
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Psalm 147:11
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11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Isaiah 63:15-16
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A Prayer of Penitence
15 Look down from heaven and see,
from your holy and glorious habitation.
Where are your zeal and your might?
Your great pity and your compassion are withheld from me.(A)
16 For you are our father,
though Abraham does not know us
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our father;
our Redeemer from of old is your name.(B)
Matthew 6:32
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32 For it is the gentiles who seek all these things, and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
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Psalm 103:11
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11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;(A)
Acts 13:26
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26 “Brothers and sisters,[a] you descendants of Abraham’s family and others who fear God, to us[b] the message of this salvation has been sent.
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John 20:17
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17 Jesus said to her, “Do not touch me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”(A)
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Matthew 6:9
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9 “Pray, then, in this way:
Our Father in heaven,
may your name be revered as holy.
Deuteronomy 3:5
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5 All these were fortress towns with high walls, double gates, and bars, besides a great many villages.
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Numbers 11:12
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12 Did I conceive all this people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a wet nurse carries a nursing child, to the land that you promised on oath to their ancestors’?(A)
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