Family Verses
God's design for family — love, honor, and commitment that reflect His covenant love.
For by means of a whorish woman {a man is brought} to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. {the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife}
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice {is} to the sons of man.
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights {were} with the sons of men.
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed {are they that} keep my ways.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.
He that gathereth in summer {is} a wise son: {but} he that sleepeth in harvest {is} a son that causeth shame.
A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain {persons is} void of understanding.