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Reuben Archer Torrey
• 1 min. read • grade level: 10
The Lord is with.
1 Sam. 3:19
19
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. (1 Samuel 3:19)
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Know the Scriptures.
2 Tim. 3:15
15
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15)
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Observe the law of God.
Prov. 28:7
7
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. (Proverbs 28:7)
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Their obedience to parents is well pleasing to God.
Col. 3:20
20
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. (Colossians 3:20)
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Partake of the promises of God.
Acts 2:39
39
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. (Acts 2:39)
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Shall be blessed.
Prov. 3:1-4
1
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4
So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. (Proverbs 3:1‑4)
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Eph. 6:2, 3
2
Honor thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
3
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (Ephesians 6:2‑3)
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Show love to parents.
Gen. 46:29
29
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. (Genesis 46:29)
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Obey parents.
Gen. 28:7
7
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; (Genesis 28:7)
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Gen. 47:30
30
But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. (Genesis 47:30)
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Attend to parental teaching.
Prov. 13:1
1
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. (Proverbs 13:1)
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Take care of parents.
Gen. 45:9, 11
9
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: (Genesis 45:9)
11
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. (Genesis 45:11)
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Gen. 47:12
12
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. (Genesis 47:12)
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Make their parents' hearts glad.
Pro. 10:1
1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. (Proverbs 10:1)
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Pro. 29:17
17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. (Proverbs 29:17)
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Honor the aged. Job. 32:6, 7.
Adduced as a motive for submission to God.
Heb. 12:9
9
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? (Hebrews 12:9)
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Spirit of, a requisite for the kingdom of heaven. Mat. 18:3.
Illustrative of a teachable spirit. Mat. 18:4.
Exemplified.
Isaac,
Gen. 22:6-10
6
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. (Genesis 22:6‑10)
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Joseph,
Gen. 45:9
9
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: (Genesis 45:9)
.
Gen. 46:29
29
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. (Genesis 46:29)
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Jephthath's daughter,
Jud. 11:34,
36.
Samson,
Jud. 13:24.
Samuel,
1
Sam. 3:19.
Obadiah,
1 Kings 18:12
12
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth. (1 Kings 18:12)
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Josiah,
2 Chr. 34:3
3
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. (2 Chronicles 34:3)
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Esther,
Est. 2:20.
Job,
Job 29:4
4
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; (Job 29:4)
. David,
1 Sam. 17:20
20
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. (1 Samuel 17:20)
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Psa. 71:5
5
For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth. (Psalm 71:5)
. Daniel,
Dan. 1:6
6
Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: (Daniel 1:6)
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John the Baptist,
Luke
1:80.
Children in the Temple,
Mat. 21:15, 16.
Timothy,
2 Tim. 3:15
15
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15)
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