For the Children


Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand
shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children
shall bow down before thee. And God looked upon the children of
Israel, and God had respect unto them.

And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh:
and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let
the children of Israel go out of his land.

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto
you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the
sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of
the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and
delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and
worshipped.

I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from
between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the
testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment
unto the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be
sanctified by my glory. I will dwell among the children of
Israel, and will be their God. And thou shalt speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil
unto me throughout your generations.

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and
transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the
guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children,
and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the
fourth generation. But when Moses went in before the LORD to
speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am
the Lord your God. Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am
holy. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the
children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself: I am the Lord.

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and
shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when
thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou
risest up. That your days may be multiplied, and the days of
your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers
to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. Observe and
hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well
with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou
doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy
God.

The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those
things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for
ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our
generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord
before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and
with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our
children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord. And I
will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my
people Israel.

Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy
children, even the goodliest, are mine.

O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his
chosen ones. Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel,
and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and
shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness
waste them any more, as at the beginning, and in it have I put
the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with
the children of Israel.

And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem
unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather
themselves together unto Jerusalem; They send forth their little
ones like a flock, and their children dance.

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the
fear of the Lord. Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,
whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. Come and see the
works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of
men. He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the
children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the
generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and
his wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a
testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he
commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their
children: That the generation to come might know them, even the
children which should be born; who should arise and declare them
to their children.

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the
most High. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory
unto their children. The children of thy servants shall
continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the
children of Israel. Like as a father pitieth his children, so
the Lord pitieth them that fear him. But the mercy of the Lord
is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and
his righteousness unto children's children; O ye seed of Abraham
his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for
his wonderful works to the children of men! He maketh the barren
woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children.
Praise ye the Lord. The Lord shall increase you more and more,
you and your children. The heaven, even the heavens, are the
Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of
the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty
man; so are children of the youth.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine
house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon
Israel. If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony
that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy
throne for evermore. Both young men, and maidens; old men, and
children.

He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all
his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto
him. Praise ye the Lord. Let Israel rejoice in him that made
him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Hear, ye
children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know
understanding. Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart
not from the words of my mouth. O ye children: for blessed are
they that keep my ways.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's
children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children
shall have a place of refuge. Hell and destruction are before
the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory
of children are their fathers. The just man walketh in his
integrity: his children are blessed after him. Her children
arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth
her.

If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so
that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled
with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an
untimely birth is better than he. And I will give children to be
their princes, and babes shall rule over them. Behold, I and the
children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for
wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount
Zion.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall
beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt,
and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the
midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy
One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this
day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty
shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be
delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee,
and I will save thy children. And all thy children shall be
taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not
lie: so he was their Saviour.

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a
nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she
brought forth her children.

And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto
the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in
litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy
mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel
bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.

But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and
give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of
nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not
turn away from me. And there is hope in thine end, saith the
Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest
the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children
after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his
name, and I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may
fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children
after them: leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them
alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the
children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah
together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord
their God.

And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children
of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the
Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write
upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his
companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For
Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his
companions: and when the children of thy people shall speak unto
thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take
the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be
gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into
their own land: and they shall dwell in the land that I have
given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt.

And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and
the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the
midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall
the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their
kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in
their high places. Thus saith the Lord God; No stranger,
uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter
into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of
Israel.

And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot
for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn
among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall
be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel;
they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.

And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs,
that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of
the king's seed, and of the princes; Children in whom was no
blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and
cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had
ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they
might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. And at
the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter
in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the
king's meat. As for these four children, God gave them knowledge
and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had
understanding in all visions and dreams.


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The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the
Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and
children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great
whoredom, departing from the Lord ... And I will not have mercy
upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of
her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord
toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love
flagons of wine.

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the
sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it
shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto
them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye
are the sons of the living God. Then shall the children of Judah
and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint
themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for
great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the
Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because
there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when
he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell
their children, and their children another generation. Gather
the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders,
gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the
bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her
closet.

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord
your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and
he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and
the latter rain in the first month.

The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice
from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but
the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the
children of Israel.

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young
men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel?
saith the Lord.

Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth
of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children
of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a
bed, and in Damascus in a couch. And offer a sacrifice of
thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free
offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith
the Lord God.

And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their
heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall
see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord. And
I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in
far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn
again. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the
children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I
come and smite the earth with a curse. And think not to say
within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto
you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto
Abraham.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the
children of God. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which
is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

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The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say,
Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans
and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of
the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one.

He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus
prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the
kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children,
or of strangers? Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus
saith unto him, Then are the children free. And said, Verily I
say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little
children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Then were there brought unto him little children, that he
should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked
them. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them
not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. And
every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or
father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's
sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting
life.

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her
sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. But
Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is
not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the
dogs.

Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name,
receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me,
but him that sent me.

And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord
their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of
Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the
disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people
prepared for the Lord.

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin
not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for
I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up
children unto Abraham. But love ye your enemies, and do good,
and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be
great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is
kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother,
and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his
own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And the lord commended
the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children
of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of
light. Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto
the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of
the resurrection. And not for that nation only, but that also he
should gather together in one the children of God that were
scattered abroad.

While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be
the children of light. This is that Moses, which said unto the
children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up
unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. But
the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel
unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the
children of Israel: The word which God sent unto the children of
Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and
whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this
salvation sent. God hath fulfilled the same unto us their
children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also
written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I
begotten thee.

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we
are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of
God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with
him, that we may be also glorified together. Because the
creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all
children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They
which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children
of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any
good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might
stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was
said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called
the children of the living God. Esaias also crieth concerning
Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the
sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: for the unbelieving
husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but
now are they holy.

But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in
stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not
stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his
countenance; which glory was to be done away: And not as Moses,
which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could
not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: Now
for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be
ye also enlarged.

Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are
the children of Abraham. For ye are all the children of God by
faith in Christ Jesus. Even so we, when we were children, were
in bondage under the elements of the world: So then, brethren, we
are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. Having
predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of
this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the
spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among
whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts
of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the
mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the
Lord: walk as children of light: Ye are all the children of
light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor
of darkness.

And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I
and the children which God hath given me. Forasmuch then as the
children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself
likewise took part of the same; that through death he might
destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.

By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing
of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his
bones. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto
you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of
the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to
the former lusts in your ignorance: My little children, these
things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we
have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

I write unto you, little children, because your sins are