Danger awaits one who says to his father, “What in the world are you fathering?” and to his mother, “What in the world are you bringing forth?”

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau,

Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Acquire this young girl as my wife.”

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.

When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave these instructions before he died:

David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

Solomon sat on his father David’s throne, and his royal authority was firmly solidified.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done.

The sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,

Jeiel (the father of Gibeon) lived in Gibeon. His wife was Maacah.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done.

Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in.

There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

“For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.