Tag: sons
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A Companion of Gluttons
7The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.–Proverbs 28 It almost seems impossible that Jesus didn’t have this proverb on his mind when he gave his famous parable about the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. Let’s use that passage to illustrate. A father had…
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And Solomon Slept With His Fathers
29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.31And Solomon slept…
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Joseph and Sons
29…In these [cities and towns] lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.–1 Chronicles 7 Sometimes in a genealogy, we need to remember the stories that come with the names. The second half of the book of Genesis is the story of how God delivered Israel (once named Jacob) and his sons from a…
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Levi and Sons
16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.–1 Chronicles 6 The genealogy in today’s Scripture reading took me down memory lane. Many years ago, I taught a class in the Old Testament book of Numbers. And the clans of Levi’s sons were given the task of transporting the Tabernacle, “God’s Mobile Home” through the wilderness…
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There Was a Man Who Had Two Sons
28“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ 29“ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. 30“Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He…
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Another Prodigal Proverb
3He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.–Proverbs 29 Jesus no doubt also had this proverb on His mind when He told the famous Prodigal Son parable in Luke 15. Jesus’ audience that day was most likely expecting the father in the parable to treat the disrespectful,…
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Your Child’s Heart
15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed; 16my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.–Proverbs 23 Parents, how do you respond to these verses? So many of us want our children to be popular, successful, or happy. But let’s pray for wisdom for our…
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My Father [1-minute read]
17But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” 18This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.–John 5 (emphasis) Jesus’ contemporaries might have understood…
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Joseph Became Two
5And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. 6And the children that you fathered after them shall be yours.–Genesis 48 When you look later on at the lists…
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Two Sons
28“What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind and went.30And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but…
