Genesis 18:19

God has chosen Abraham so he will lead his household in righteousness and justice.

Cross-references · 28

• 1 Tim 3:4–5One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
• Deut 6:6–7And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
• Deut 4:9–10Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
• Eph 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
• 2 Tim 3:15And 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.
• Prov 6:20–22My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
• Deut 32:46And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
• 2 Tim 2:19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
• 1 Chr 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Deut 11:19–21And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• Prov 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
• Ps 34:15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
• 1 Tim 3:12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
• Ps 11:4The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
• Ps 78:2–9I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
• Josh 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
• Job 1:5And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
• John 10:14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
• Isa 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
• 1 Sam 2:30–31Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• 2 Tim 1:5When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
• Ps 1:6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
• 2 Sam 7:20And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
• Acts 27:31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
• John 21:17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
• Amos 3:2You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
• Acts 27:23–24For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
• Gen 17:23–27And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

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