Numbers 11:12
12Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, a‘Carry them in your bosom, as a bnurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land cthat you swore to give their fathers?Deuteronomy 3:5
5All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.Proverbs 3:12
12for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,as da father the son in whom he delights.
Isaiah 63:15-16
Prayer for Mercy
15 eLook down from heaven and see,ffrom your holy and beautiful ▼
▼Or holy and glorious
habitation.Where are hyour zeal and your might?
The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion
are held back from me.
16For iyou are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
jour Redeemer from of old is your name.
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.
Jeremiah 31:20
20 qIs Ephraim my dear son?rIs he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
sTherefore my heart ▼
▼Hebrew bowels
yearns for him;I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.
Matthew 6:9
9 uPray then like this:v“Our Father in heaven,
whallowed be xyour name. ▼
▼Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
Matthew 6:32
32For zthe Gentiles seek after all these things, and aayour heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
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