Exodus 4:22

22Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, aIsrael is my bfirstborn son,

Deuteronomy 32:6

6Do you thus repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he cyour father, who dcreated you,
who emade you and established you?

1 Chronicles 29:10

David Prays in the Assembly

10Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: fBlessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.

Isaiah 64:8

8 gBut now, O Lord, you are our Father;
hwe are the clay, and you are our potter;
iwe are all the work of your hand.

Jeremiah 3:19

19 “‘I said,
How I would set you among my sons,
and give you a pleasant land,
a heritage most beautiful of all nations.
And I thought you would jcall me, My Father,
and would not turn from following me.

Jeremiah 31:9

9 kWith weeping they shall come,
land with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them mwalk by brooks of water,
nin a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for oI am a father to Israel,
and Ephraim is pmy firstborn.

Malachi 1:6

The Priests’ Polluted Offerings

6 q“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am ra father, where is my honor? And if I am sa master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. tBut you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Malachi 2:10

Judah Profaned the Covenant

10Have we not all uone Father? Has not vone God created us? Why then are we wfaithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
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