2Ki 2:12, 6:21, 13:14, Job 32:21-22, Act 22:1, 1Cor 4:15, 1Ti 5:1-2 | ESV | STEP | And Elisha saw it and he cried , My father , my father ! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen ! And he saw him no more . Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces .

2 Kings 2:12

12 And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! ^aThe chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more.

Then he took hold of his own clothes ^band tore them in two pieces.

2 Kings 6:21

21 As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, ^c“My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?”

2 Kings 13:14

The Death of Elisha

14 Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, ^d“My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

Job 32:21-22

21 I will not ^eshow partiality to any man
or use flattery toward any person.
22 For I do not know how to flatter,
else my Maker would soon take me away.

Acts 22:1

1 ^f“Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you.”

1 Corinthians 4:15

15 For ^gthough you have countless ^{▼▼Greek you have ten thousand} guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For ⁱI became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

1 Timothy 5:1-2

Instructions for the Church

1 ^jDo not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, ^kyounger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.