65 Bible Verses about Sons
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So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir, made so by God.
but in these latter days he has spoken to us in a Son, whom he had destined to possess everything, and through whom he had made the world.
and you have forgotten the challenge addressed to you as God's sons, "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, Or give up when he corrects you. For it is those whom the Lord loves that he disciplines, And he chastises every son that he acknowledges." You must submit to it as discipline. God is dealing with you as his sons. For where is there a son whom his father does not discipline?read more.
But if you have none of that discipline which all sons undergo, you are illegitimate children, and not true sons. When our earthly fathers disciplined us we treated them with respect; should we not far more submit to the Father of our spirits, and so have life? For they disciplined us for a short time and as they thought proper, but he does it for our good, to make us share his holiness. Discipline is never pleasant at the time; it is painful; but to those who are trained by it, it afterward yields the peace of character.
Which of you fathers, if his son asks him for a fish will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give the holy Spirit to those who ask him for it!"
Which of you men when his son asks him for some bread will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake? So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give what is good to those who ask him for it!
And he went back with them to Nazareth and obeyed them. And his mother treasured all these things up in her mind.
of being reminded of your genuine faith, a faith that was seen first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice; I am sure it is in you also.
But you must stand by what you have learned and been convinced of, and remember from whom you learned it, and how from childhood you have known the Scriptures which can give you the wisdom that through faith in Christ Jesus leads to salvation.
And he said, "A man had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the property.' So he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered up all he had, and went away to a distant country, and there he squandered his property by fast living.read more.
After he had spent it all, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want. And he went and hired himself out to a resident of the country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs. And he was ready to fill himself with the pods the pigs were eating, and no one would give him anything. When he came to himself he said, 'How many hired men my father has, who have more than enough to eat, and here I am, dying of hunger! I will get up, and go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your eyes; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired men!" ' And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and pitied him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him. His son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your eyes; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired men!' But his father said to his slaves, 'Make haste and get out the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; and get the calf we are fattening, and kill it, and let us feast and celebrate, for my son here was dead, and he has come to life; he was lost, and he is found!' So they began to celebrate. But his elder son was in the field. When he came in and approached the house, he heard music and dancing, and he called one of the servants to him and asked him what it meant. He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the calf he has been fattening, because he has gotten him back alive and well.' But he was angry and would not go into the house. And his father came out and urged him. And he said to his father, 'Here I have served you all these years, and have never disobeyed an order of yours, and you have never given me a kid, so that I could entertain my friends. But when your son here came, who has eaten up your property with women of the street, for him you killed the calf you have been fattening!' But he said to him, 'My child, you have been with me all the time, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because your brother was dead, and has come to life, and was lost and is found!' "
and you have forgotten the challenge addressed to you as God's sons, "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, Or give up when he corrects you. For it is those whom the Lord loves that he disciplines, And he chastises every son that he acknowledges."
And in the very place where they were told, 'You are no people of mine,' They shall be called sons of the living God."
I will become a father to you, And you shall become my sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty."
You must submit to it as discipline. God is dealing with you as his sons. For where is there a son whom his father does not discipline?
For I have come to turn a man against his father and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,
Father will be against son, and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
No one who loves father or mother more than he loves me is worthy of me, and no one who loves son or daughter more than he loves me is worthy of me,
Some people came bringing to him on a bed a man who was paralyzed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, "Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven."
But he said to him, 'My child, you have been with me all the time, and everything I have is yours.
These are the instructions that I intrust to you, my son Timothy, and they are in accordance with the predictions made long ago about you. Fight the good fight with their aid,
" 'It will come about in the last days, God says, That I will pour out my Spirit upon all mankind; Your sons and daughters will become prophets, Your young men will have visions, And your old men will have dreams.
Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus in fulfilment of the promise of that life which is found in union with Christ Jesus,
Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you scour land and sea to make one convert, and when he is converted you make him twice as fit for the pit as you are.
James the son of Zebedee, and John, James's brother (he named them Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),
While you have the light believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." With these words Jesus went away, and disappeared from them.
Joseph, a Levite, and a native of Cyprus, whom the apostles had named Barnabas, which means Son of Encouragement,
You all belong to the light and the day. We have nothing to do with night or with darkness.
Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his work. He was the son, it was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Eli,
and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son, Jesus, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?"
Is he not the carpenter, Mary's son, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And do not his sisters live here among us?"
And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and screamed, "Son of David, take pity on me, sir! My daughter is dreadfully possessed by a demon!"
When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth he began to cry out, "Jesus, you son of David, take pity on me!" Many of the people rebuked him and told him to be still. But he cried out all the louder, "You son of David, take pity on me!"
And he shouted, "Jesus, you Son of David, take pity on me!" And those who were in front reproved him and told him to be quiet, but he cried out all the louder, "You Son of David, take pity on me!"
and began at once to declare in the synagogues that Jesus was the Son of God.
And the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to turn into bread!"
The angel answered, "The holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason your child will be called holy, and the Son of God.
The Jews answered, "We have a law, and by our law he deserves death, for declaring himself to be a son of God."
about his Son, who was physically descended from David, and decisively declared Son of God in his holiness of spirit, by being raised from the dead??esus Christ our Lord,
For who is there that is victorious over the world except the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,
And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and wild birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no where to lay his head!"
As they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be handed over to men,
He said to them, "Elijah does come first, and reforms everything, and does not the Scripture say of the Son of Man that he will suffer much and be refused?
And he said to his disciples, "The time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not be able to do so.
And he said, "Look! I can see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"
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Sons » Of God
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir, made so by God.
so that you will be blameless and honest, faultless children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted age, in which you appear like stars in a dark world,
But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God,
Think what love the Father has had for us, in letting us be called God's children, for that is what we are. This is why the world does not know what we are??ecause it has never come to know him.
I will become a father to you, And you shall become my sons and daughters, Says the Lord Almighty."
Sons » Of light
For once you were sheer darkness, but now, as Christians, you are light itself. You must live like children of light,
And his master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder in their relation to their own age than the sons of the light.
You all belong to the light and the day. We have nothing to do with night or with darkness.
While you have the light believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." With these words Jesus went away, and disappeared from them.
Topics on Sons
Believers As Sons Of God
Romans 8:16The Spirit itself testifies with our spirits that we are God's children,
Fathers And Sons
Luke 1:17He will go before him with the spirit and the power of Elijah, to reconcile fathers to their children, and to bring the disobedient back to the wisdom of upright men, to make a people perfectly ready for the Lord."
Firstborn Sons
Luke 2:7and she gave birth to her first-born son; and she wrapped him up, and laid him in a manger, for there was no room for them at the inn.
Killing Sons And Daughters
Mark 13:12Brother will give up brother to be put to death, and the father his child, and children will turn against their parents and have them put to death.
Lack Of Sons
Matthew 22:24"Master, Moses said, 'If a man dies without children his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.'
Mothers And Sons
Luke 12:53Father will be against son, and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
Sons Being A Blessing
Acts 3:25You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the agreement that God made with your forefathers when he said to Abraham, 'Through your posterity all the families of the earth will be blessed.'
Sons Of The Prophets
Acts 3:25You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the agreement that God made with your forefathers when he said to Abraham, 'Through your posterity all the families of the earth will be blessed.'
Two Sons
Galatians 4:22For the Scripture says that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-girl, and one by the free woman.
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