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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible John 16 19 Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’? 20 Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible John 8 1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Luke 15 The Parable of the Lost Son 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Luke 10 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” 41...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Luke 2 39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. 40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him. The Boy Jesus at the Temple 41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. 43 After...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Luke 2 22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”), 24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Luke 1 39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Luke 1 5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. 7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old. 8 Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Matthew 22 23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh....

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Matthew 21 The Parable of the Two Sons 28 “What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ 29 “‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. 30 “Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go. 31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Matthew 19 13 Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. 14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” 15 When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Matthew 19 1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. 3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” 4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ 5 and said, ‘For this reason a...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Matthew 18 New International Version (NIV) The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven 18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Matthew 7 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Matthew 1 Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Matthew 1 New International Version (NIV) The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah 1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, 4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Psalm 8 For the leader, on the gittith. A Psalm of David. 1. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4. What is man, that thou art...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Psalm 119 (Beth) Common English Bible (Beth) 9 How can young people keep their paths pure? By guarding them according to what you’ve said. 10 I have sought you with all my heart. Don’t let me stray from any of your commandments! 11 I keep your word close, in my heart, so that I won’t sin against you. 12 You, Lord, are to be blessed! Teach me your statutes. 13 I will declare out loud all the rules you have spoken. 14 I rejoice in the content...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible 2 Samuel 4:4 New International Version (NIV) 4 (Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became disabled. His name was Mephibosheth.) 2 Samuel 9:3 New International Version (NIV) 3 The king asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?”...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible 2 Samuel 11 New International Version (NIV) David and Bathsheba 1 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, 3 and David sent someone to find out...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible 2 Kings 11 New International Version (NIV) Athaliah and Joash 11 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed. 3 He remained hidden with...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible 1 Kings 3:16-28 16 Now two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. 17 One of them said, “Pardon me, my lord. This woman and I live in the same house, and I had a baby while she was there with me. 18 The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one in the house but the two of us. 19 “During the night this woman’s son died because she lay on him....

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Proverbs 22:6 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Psalm 112 1. Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 2. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3. Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. 4. Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. 5. A good man showeth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. 6....

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm Psalm 128 A Song of Ascents 1. Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, Who walks in His ways. 2. When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. 3. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table. 4. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the LORD. 5. The LORD bless you out of Zion, And may you see...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Psalm 128 A Song of Ascents 1. Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, Who walks in His ways. 2. When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you. 3. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table. 4. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the LORD. 5. The LORD bless you out of Zion, And may...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Psalm 131 A Song of Ascents. Of David 1. LORD, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me. 2. Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, Like a weaned child with his mother; Like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3. O Israel, hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible The Book of Psalms Chapter 133 A Song of Ascents. Of David. 1. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! 2. It is like the precious oil upon the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments. 3. It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing— Life forevermore.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible The Book of Proverbs Chapter 4 Security in Wisdom 1. Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding; 2. For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law. 3. When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother, 4. He also taught me, and said to me: “ Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commands, and live. 5. Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible The Book of Proverbs Chapter 13 1. A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible The Book of Proverbs Chapter 14 1. The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands. 2. He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him. 3. In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise will preserve them. 4. Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; But much increase comes by the strength of an ox. 5. A faithful witness does...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible The Book of Proverbs Chapter 15 1. A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger. 2. The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness. 3. The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good. 4. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit. 5. A fool despises his father’s instruction, But he who receives correction is prudent. 6. In...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible ProverbsChapter 17 1. Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife. 2. A wise servant will rule over a son who causes shame, And will share an inheritance among the brothers. 3. The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests the hearts. 4. An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue. 5. He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; He who is glad at calamity...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Proverbs 31 The Virtuous Wife 10. Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. 11. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. 12. She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. 13. She seeks wool and flax, And willingly works with her hands. 14. She is like the merchant ships, She brings her food from afar. 15. She also rises while it is yet night, And provides food...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible The Prophet Jeremiah Chapter 31 7. For thus says the LORD: “ Sing with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘ O LORD, save Your people, The remnant of Israel!’ 8. Behold, I will bring them from the north country, And gather them from the ends of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child And the one who labors with child, together; A great throng shall return there. 9. They shall...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible The Prophet Jeremiah Chapter 31 Mercy on Ephraim 15. Thus says the LORD: “ A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.” 16. Thus says the LORD: “ Refrain your voice from weeping, And your eyes from tears; For your work shall be rewarded, says the LORD, And they shall come back from the land of the enemy. 17. There is hope in your future, says the LORD,...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible The Book Of Exodus Chapter 18 13. And so it was, on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood before Moses from morning until evening. 14. So when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit, and all the people stand before you from morning until evening?” 15. And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Exodus Chapter 20 12. “ Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Isaiah 41 11. “This is what the Lord says— the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: Concerning things to come, do you question me about my children, or give me orders about the work of my hands? 12. It is I who made the earth and created mankind on it.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Isaiah 49 1. Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the Lord called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. 2. He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver. 3. He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.” 4. But I said, “I have labored in vain;...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Isaiah 60 4. “Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip. 5. Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come. 6. Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will come, bearing gold...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Isaiah 65 20. “Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. 21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22. No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Isaiah 66 7. “Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son. 8. Who has ever heard of such things? Who has ever seen things like this? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children. 9. Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?” says the Lord. “Do I close up...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Deuteronomy 32:6 (and others) "Is this the way you repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you?" (Deuteronomy 32:6, NIV) "Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand." (Isaiah 64:8, NIV)

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband, The LORD of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Isaiah 66 12. For this is what the Lord says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees. 13. As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Nehemiah Helps the Poor 1 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews. 2 Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain.” 3 Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine.” 4 Still others were saying, “We have had to borrow money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards. 5 Although...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no delight in them";

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Isaiah 62:5 Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem, just as a young man commits himself to his bride. Then God will rejoice over you as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Children and Families In The Bible Ruth 4 The Marriage of Ruth 1. Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, "Turn aside, friend, sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down. 2. He took ten men of the elders of the city and said, "Sit down here." So they sat down. 3. Then he said to the closest relative, "Naomi, who has come back from the land of Moab, has to sell...