Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.

Isaiah 61:1

Blessed is he who is kind to the needy.

Proverbs 14:21

Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.

Habakkuk 3:17-18

I am with you.

Matthew 28:20

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.

Ephesians 1:11

It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

Proverbs 20:3

As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.

Ezekiel 1:28

Children are a blessing from the Lord, and they are a sign of His favor.

Psalms 113:9

In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Colossians 2:11-12

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

Deuteronomy 7:9

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Psalms 139:13

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.

Psalm 30:11