HOME
Home
1. The English word home represents more than one Greek word; most commonly gives the idea. Thus = at home (Act 2:46 Revised Version and AVm [Note: Vm Authorized Version margin.] , and Act 5:42 Revised Version ; Authorized Version from house to house and in every house); while in Act 20:20 = from house to house, Authorized Version and Revised Version , private as opposed to public teaching being referred to; and in Act 8:3 = [entering] into every house. At home renders in 1Co 11:34; 1Co 14:35. In 1Ti 5:4 widows children are bidden , show piety at home (Authorized Version ), or towards their own family (Revised Version ). In Tit 2:5 Revised Version the young married women are to be , workers at home (Authorized Version , keepers at home; the former word is not found elsewhere, but is attested by all the best Manuscripts ).
The same idea is given by , lit. [Note: literally, literature.] their own belongings, in Act 21:6 (returned home);* [Note: , ones own people, in 1Ti 5:8, and especially in Joh 1:11, where both expressions are joined together. The Incarnate came to His own home ), but His own chosen people, the Jews ( ), received Him not.] and figuratively in 2Co 5:6; 2Co 5:8 by , to be at home (lit. [Note: literally, literature.] among the people), and , to be absent from home; perhaps also by the phrase, , in my Fathers house (figuratively, or else lit. [Note: literally, literature.] of the Temple), of Luk 2:49. Again, (Lat. civitas) conveys the idea of a home (cf. Heb 11:10; Heb 11:16; Heb 12:22; Heb 13:14, and especially Mat 12:25 : ). To us the word city conveys the idea of streets and buildings; to a Greek or Roman, and so to an early Christian, it means an organized society which is the home of those who inhabit it (see B. F. Westcott, Hebrews, 1889, p. 388ff.). So also we may paraphrase Php 3:20 thus: Our home () is in heaven, while on earth we are only travellers and passers-by.
2. The idea of home is much dwelt upon in the Pastoral Epistles. There is a striking difference in the NT between the qualifications of an apostle in the widest sense, of a travelling missionary having oversight of the churches (such is also the meaning of apostle in the Didache), and of the local bishop or presbyter and deacon. The apostle may be married (1Co 9:5), but his home life is not emphasized; while in the case of the local officials the home is much spoken of. Thus in the Pastoral Epistles the bishop must be husband of one wife, given to hospitality, ruling well his own house, having his children in subjection; for ruling his family well leads to his ruling his flock well; a test of his having trained his children well is that they believe, and are not accused of riot and are not unruly (1Ti 3:1-5, Tit 1:6). Deacons must be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well (1Ti 3:12). These Epistles also deal generally with Christian home life; the faithful are to provide for their own households (1Ti 5:8); married women must be good house workers (above, 1; cf. the virtuous woman of Pro 31:10 ff.), and must love their husbands and children (Tit 2:4 f). Among widows qualifications is that of having brought up children, who in turn are bidden to requite their parents by supporting the widowed mother and grandmother (1Ti 5:10; cf. 1Ti 5:4; cf. 1Ti 5:16). We have several distant glimpses of devout Christian homes in the NT-of Timothy with his mother and grandmother at Lystra, of Philip with his daughters at Caesarea, and of some others, for which see Family.
3. Hospitality is closely connected with the idea of home. For the large guest-rooms which made this possible on a comparatively extended scale, see House. Instances of hospitality are common in the apostolic writings. Simon the tanner entertains St. Peter (Act 10:6), Lydia at Philippi shows hospitality to St. Paul (Act 16:15; Act 16:40), the jailer there brings the apostles into his house and sets meat before them (Act 16:34); Titus Justus at Corinth (Act 18:7), Philip at Caesarea (Act 21:8), Mnason of Cyprus at Jerusalem, or at a village between Caesarea and Jerusalem (Act 21:16; see W. M. Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller, 1895, p. 302f.), Publius in Malta (Act 28:7)-all entertained the Apostle hospitably. In Rom 16:23 Gains is famous for this quality; he is the host of the whole Church, apparently at Corinth (cf. 1Co 1:14). It is just possible that he may be the same as the hospitable Gains of 3Jn 1:1; 3Jn 1:5, but the name is a common one. With the last passage contrast the want of hospitality shown by Diotrephes in 3Jn 1:9 f.
The duty of showing hospitality is insisted on in the case of a bishop in 1Ti 3:2, Tit 1:8 (he is to be ), and in the case of a widow in 1Ti 5:10 (); and Christians in general are bidden to pursue (Rom 12:13) and not to forget (Heb 13:2) love unto strangers (), to be lovers of strangers (, 1Pe 4:9), i.e. not to be givers of feasts but to receive strangers (C. Bigg, St. Peter and St. Jude [International Critical Commentary , 1901], 173; cf. Job 31:32). In these injunctions there is a reminiscence of our Lords words, I was a stranger, and ye took me in (Mat 25:35). See, further, article Hospitality.
A. J. Maclean.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
Home
HOME
1. The expressions bearing the sense of home are: (1) (Mat 8:8; also Joh 14:2, where we may prefer home to house, the rendering of the Authorized and Revised Versions ); (2) (Mar 5:19, Luk 1:23-56; Luk 9:61; Luk 15:6; also Joh 7:53 Authorized and Revised Versions , in the section concerning the adulteress); (3) (Joh 19:27, cf. also Joh 1:11 and Joh 16:32). As for (1) and (2), where we have the ordinary term = house employed, it is to be noted that a house naturally becomes a home under the associations of family life and affection; cf. the corresponding use of . (3), as a use of , illustrates a tendency to abbreviation and attenuation of phrasing in such connexions as this, , with the force of the possessive pronoun (= , ), appears in NT as in the LXX Septuagint , the OT, Apocrypha, and in such writers as Philo and Josephus (Deissmann, Bible Studies, English translation , p. 123f.). Cf., in this particular use, our expression at his fathers, and the attenuated Fr. phrase chez lui. The Vulgate in Joh 19:27 has the strict parallel in sua.
2. The Gospels afford us a few glimpses of domestic interiors, forming a part of the simple background of the life of Jesus. We see the common domestic shadows of sickness and death beclouding the home of Simon Peter (Mar 1:30), of Jairus (Mar 5:22), of the Roman officer (Mat 8:5-6), of Lazarus and his sisters (John 11), and of others. Homely joys are illustrated in the marriage at Cana (John 2), in the sojourn of Jesus as a guest in the home at Bethany (Luk 10:28, Joh 12:1-2). Hospitality and entertaining are again exemplified in the ease of Levi (Luk 5:29) and of Simon the Pharisee (Luk 7:36). The ever-fresh interest attendant on the birth of a child as a notable incident in home life finds illustration in the story of the birth of John the Baptist (Luk 1:57-58). We have sight, too, of the sumptuous domestic establishments of the luxurious rich (Luk 16:19-20), in contrast with the simple abodes of the mass of the people and the condition of the homeless poor.
No people ever prized the sanctities and blessings of the home more than the Jews. Their wonderful legislation bearing on domestie affairs, the sentiments that find expression in Psalms 127, 128, and in the panegyric of the Good Wife (Pro 31:10-31), the importance attaching to the family as the unit of national life, all bear witness to this. The whole system of feasts and fasts, joyous and solemn, including the weekly Sabbaths and the yearly commemorations and seasons,a system imparting so much colour and interest to the life of the peoplealso strongly tended to deepen the domestic sentiment, the home being to so large an extent the theatre for the prescribed rites and observances.
The general conditions of Jewish home life in our Lords day offered marked points of contrast with what largely obtains among Western peoples. The greatest simplicity in the matter of meals and clothing, and the fewness of other wants, contributed to an easier condition of life in general. Grinding poverty was by no means common. Every man had a trade, and every father had to teach his son a trade; but a man was not obliged to toil long hours for a bare living. There was considerable leisure, and the Palestinian Jew had much time for contemplation, like the Arab of today. The man was often abroad in public places, frequenting discussions in the Temple and elsewhere, and mingling with his fellows. He was also charged with certain religious duties and observances from which women were exempt. The place of the woman, on the other hand, was preeminently in the home. (Note that one of the things desiderated for women in Tit 2:5 is that they should be ). In this respect the Jews shared the sentiment of other Oriental peoples; but the lot of the Jewish woman was much superior to that of non-Jewish women in the East, and her position in the home was better than that of the Roman matron of that period. A serious menace to the home, however, existed in the conditions obtaining as regards divorce. We know how Jesus dealt with this great abuse of easy divorce (Mar 10:2-12 = Mat 19:3-9). Some of the Jewish Rabbis also (as Shammai) set themselves against the laxity that had grown up. On the whole, it is probable that general practice was much better than current precepts. A Talmudic saying is significantThe altar itself weeps over the man who puts away his wife (Gittin 10b, Sanhed. 22a).
The home as a factor in education was of the greatest importance. In our Lords time there was probably in addition only a school at the synagogue, taught by the hazzan. A religious atmosphere surrounded the Jewish child from the first, and the mother was the earliest teacher. As soon as the child could speak, his mother taught him a verse of the Torah (on the unity of God; and on the election of Israel). See art. Childhood.
3. All interest in this subject, so far as the Gospels are concerned, is focussed in the home at Nazareth, where Jesus spent nearly the whole of His life. Actual information as to the life in that home is of the scantiest; but there can be no question that the best traditions of the Jewish home at its best were all exemplified there. There could never have been a better mother-teacher than Mary. The round of religious observances and duties would not fail of scrupulous performance. The conditions of the home itself were no doubt of the simplest and lowliest kind; but an abundance of human affection was an ample compensation. There was nothing to cripple or blight in any way the wonderful young life that was there unfolding. There is room also for interesting reflexion as to the history and experience of that family circle at Nazareth during all the years that Jesus was a member of it. The great crises of all domestic lifebirths, marriages, deathsmust surely, some or all of them, have marked the history of the home of Jesus during those years. As we think of Joseph, who, as it is commonly agreed, appears to have died at an early period, and of our Lords brothers and sisters (Mar 3:31; Mar 6:3), there is every reason to conclude that within the circle of the home Jesus had the experience of human bereavement and sorrow, and also of rejoicing, as His very own.
4. From the day of His leaving Nazareth for the Jordan, Jesus ceased to have any settled home. The Son of Man, He once said, hath not where to lay his head (Mat 8:20 || Luk 9:58). It is true that this saying is not to be taken too literally (see Bruce, With Open Face, ch. ix.), for Jesus would be welcome in the houses of many friends, as He was notably in the home at Bethany. Still, during His public ministry He surrendered all the quiet joys of the old home life at Nazareth, and often in the course of His constant journeys must have had to endure the hardships and privations of a wanderer. When He called His first disciples to follow Him (Mat 4:18 ff. || Mar 1:16 ff., Luk 5:27 f.), He was summoning them to a life of homelessness resembling His own. He made readiness to leave home, with all its possessions and endearments, a test of fitness to be His true disciple (Luk 9:57-62 || Mat 8:19-22, cf. Mat 19:21 ||). And though He sent one home who wished to follow Him (Mar 5:19 || Luk 8:39), He taught that, in principle at least, His disciples should be willing to forsake not only house and lands, but parents and brethren and sisters, and even wife and children, for the Kingdom of Gods sake (Luk 18:28 ff. || Mat 19:29, Mar 10:29 f.). See, further, art. Family.
Literature.See the works cited at end of art. Childhood, and add E. Stapfer, Palestine in the Time of Jesus Christ, English translation , chs. vii. and viii.; Stalker, Imago Christi, ch. ii.; Dale, Laws of Christ, ch. xi.
J. S. Clemens.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Home
hom (, bayith, house, , makom, place, , ‘ohel, tent (Jdg 19:9), , shubh, to cause to turn back, , tawekh, , tokh, middle, midst (Deu 21:12); , okos, house, household, , endemeo, to be among one’s people, okos dios, one’s own proper (house)): This term in Scripture does not stand for a single specific word of the original, but for a variety of phrases. Most commonly it is a translation of the Hebrew bayith, Greek , house, which means either the building or the persons occupying it. In Gen 43:26 home and into the house represent the same phase, to the house (ha-bayethah). In Rth 1:21, hath brought me home again means has caused me to return. In 2Ch 25:10 home again means to their place. In Ecc 12:5 long home, the Revised Version (British and American) everlasting home, means eternal house. In Joh 19:27 unto his own home means unto his own things (so Joh 1:11). In 2Co 5:6 (and the Revised Version (British and American) 2Co 5:8, 2Co 5:9) be at home is a translation of endemeo, to be among one’s own people, as opposed to ekdemeo, to be or live abroad.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Home
See Family
Family
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
HOME
(A) MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS RELATING TO
(1) General References to
Deu 24:5; Rth 1:21; Mar 5:19; Joh 19:27; 1Ti 5:4; Tit 2:5
(2) Heavenly Home
Luk 16:9; Joh 14:2
–SEE Heaven, 1356
(3) Admonitions concerning Abiding at
Pro 25:17; Hab 2:5; Tit 2:5
(4) Examples of Love of
Jacob
Gen 31:30
Hobab
Num 10:30
Barzillai
2Sa 19:37
David
2Sa 23:15
The Jews in Exile
Psa 137:1; Psa 137:2; Psa 137:3; Psa 137:4; Psa 137:5; Psa 137:6
(B) COURTSHIP
Gen 29:11-20; Jdg 14:1-10
(C) BETROTHALS
Jacob and Rachel
Ge 29.18,19,20
Special Privileges of the Betrothed
Deu 20:7
David and Merab
1Sa 18:17
Joseph and Mary
Luk 1:26; Luk 1:27
(D) MARRIAGE
(1) Commended
Pro 18:22; Jer 29:6; 1Ti 3:12; 1Ti 5:14; Heb 13:4
–SEE Celibacy, SELF-DENIAL
(2) Solemn Obligations of
Gen 2:24; Mat 5:32; Mar 10:7; Mar 10:9; Rom 7:2; 1Co 7:10; 1Co 7:11
For other references to Marriage, SEE 2255-2257, 2255|
(E) DOWRY given to brides
Gen 30:20; Gen 34:12; Exo 22:17; Jos 15:18
(F) LOVE, FAMILY
(1) Conjugal
Gen 24:67; Gen 29:20; Gen 29:30; Est 2:17; Pro 5:19; Son 8:7
Eph 5:28; Col 3:19
(F) LOVE, FAMILY
(2) Examples of Mothers’ Love
Hagar’s Love for her Child
Gen 21:16
The Mother of Moses
Exo 2:3
The Mother of Samuel
1Sa 2:19
Rizpah’s Love for her Sons
2Sa 21:9; 2Sa 21:10
The Mother of Solomon’s Time
1Ki 3:26
The Shunammite Mother
2Ki4:20
The Mother’s Unforgettable Love
Isa 49:15
The Canaanitish Mother
Mat 15:22
The Mother of Jesus
Joh 19:25
(3) Examples of Fathers’ Love
Laban
Gen 31:28
Jacob
Gen 37:35; Gen 42:38; Gen 46:30
David
2Sa 12:16; 2Sa 13:39; 2Sa 18:5
Jairus
Mar 5:23; Mar 9:24
Father of the Prodigal
Luk 15:20
–SEE Partiality, HOME
(G) HUSBANDS AND WIVES
(1) Duties of Husbands
Gen 2:23; Gen 2:24; Deu 24:5; Pro 5:18; Ecc 9:9; Mar 10:7; 1Co 7:11
Eph 5:25; 1Pe 3:7
–SEE Divorce, HOME
(2) Duties of Wives
Est 1:20; Pro 31:27; 1Co 7:10; Eph 5:22; Col 3:18; 1Ti 3:11
Tit 2:4; 1Pe 3:1
–SEE Marriage (2), HOME
(3) Wives’ Counsel, examples of
Jdg 13:22; Jdg 13:23; 2Ki 4:8-10; Dan 5:10-12; Mat 27:19
(H) PARENTAL DUTIES
(1) Special Duties Incumbent upon Parents
To Teach
Deu 6:7; Deu 6:20; Deu 21:19
To Train
Pro 22:6; Isa 38:19; Lam 2:19
To Provide for
2Co 12:14
To Nurture
Eph 6:4; Col 3:21
To Control
1Ti 3:4; 1Ti 3:12
To Love
Tit 2:4
(2) The Correction of Children
Pro 13:24; Pro 19:18; Pro 22:15; Pro 23:13
–SEE The Rod of Correction, ROD OF CORRECTION
(3) Instruction of Children
Deu 4:9; Deu 6:7; Deu 11:19; Deu 31:13; Psa 78:5; Pro 22:6; Isa 28:9
Joh 21:15
(I) PARENTAL INFLUENCE AND EXAMPLE
(1) Evil Influence of Parents
1Ki 22:52; 2Ch 22:3; Jer 9:14; Eze 20:18; Amo 2:4; Mat 14:8
–SEE Sinful Imitation, WORLDLINESS
(2) Parental Example, Good
1Ki 9:4; 2Ch 17:3; 2Ch 20:32; 2Ch 26:4; 2Ch 27:2; 2Ti 1:5
(J) PARENTAL WEAKNESSES AND SINS
(1) Indulgence of Children, examples of
Eli
1Sa 3:13
Samuel
1Sa 8:3
David
1Ki 1:6
Disastrous Results of
Pro 29:15
Father of Prodigal
Luk 15:12; Luk 15:13
(2) Partiality of Parents
Gen 25:28; Gen 33:2; Gen 37:3; Gen 42:4; Gen 48:22; 1Ch 26:10
(3) Parental Pride
Gen 37:3; Est 5:11; Mat 20:21
(4) Sins of Parents Visited upon the Children
Exo 20:5; Exo 34:7; Lev 26:39; Num 14:18; Num 14:33; Job 21:19; Isa 14:21
Jer 32:18
–SEE Sins (4), SIN
Heredity, HEREDITY
(K) PARENTAL FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
(1) Parental Love
(a) Examples of. See HOME
(b) Parental Gifts, an expression of Love for Children
A Patrimony
Gen 24:36
A Beautiful Garment
Gen 37:3
Springs of Water
Jos 15:19
A Home-made Coat
1Sa 2:19
A Type of God’s Bounty
Mat 7:11
(2) Joy
Pro 15:20; Pro 23:24; Pro 27:11; Pro 29:3; Luk 15:23; Luk 15:24
(3) Sorrow
2Sa 18:33; Pro 10:1; Pro 17:21; Pro 17:25; Pro 19:13; Pro 19:26; Pro 28:7; Pro 29:15
(4) Solicitude
Gen 37:14; 1Sa 10:2; 2Sa 18:29; Est 2:11
(L) CHILDREN
(1) The Gift of God
Gen 33:5; Gen 48:9; Jos 24:3; Psa 113:9; Psa 127:3; Isa 8:18
(2) Esteemed Highly
Psa 127:4; Psa 127:5; Psa 128:3; Pro 17:6; Mat 19:14
(3) Exhortations to
Psa 34:11; Psa 148:12; Pro 10:1; Pro 20:11; Pro 23:22; Ecc 12:1; Eze 20:18
Mar 7:10; Eph 6:1; Eph 6:2; Eph 6:3; Col 3:20; 1Ti 5:4
–SEE Filial Honour, YOUNG PEOPLE
Filial Obedience, YOUNG PEOPLE
(4) Present at Religious Worship
Jos 8:35; 2Ch 20:13; Ezr 8:21; Neh 12:43; Mat 21:15
(5) Ungrateful
Exo 21:15; Lev 20:9; Deu 21:18; Deu 21:20; Deu 21:21; Pro 19:26; Pro 28:24; Pro 30:11
Pro 30:17; Eze 22:7; Mic 7:6; Mar 7:11
–SEE Cursing (3), CURSING
Dishonouring Parents, HOME
(6) Examples of Helpful
The child Samuel assists Eli
1Sa 2:18
A boy who waited upon David and Jonathan
1Sa 20:36
A little maid who aided Naaman in securing his health
2Ki5:2; 2Ki5:3
A child king
2Ch 24:1
The boy Christ about his Father’s business
Luk 2:49
The lad who have his lunch to help feed the multitude
Joh 6:9
(7) Vices of
2Ki2:23; Job 19:18; Job 30:12; Isa 3:5
(8) Special Promises to Children, examples of
Reverent Children
Deu 5:16
Forsaken Children
Psa 27:10
Early Seekers
Pro 8:17
Obedient Children
Pro 8:32
Lambs of the Flock
Isa 40:11
Little Children
Mar 10:14
Children of Believers
Act 2:39
The Commandment with Promise
Eph 6:2
(9) Examples of Good Children of good Parentage
Isaac
Gen 22:7
Jephthah’s Daughter
Jdg 11:36
Samuel
1Sa 2:26
John the Baptist
Luk 1:80
The Boy Jesus
Luk 2:49; 2Ti 1:5
Timothy
2Ti 3:15
–SEE Youthful Piety, YOUNG PEOPLE
Seed of the Righteous, HEREDITY
(10) Good Children of Wicked Men
2Ki12:2; 2Ki18:3; 2Ki22:2; 2Ch 34:3
(11) Naming of
Gen 4:25; Gen 5:29; Gen 21:3; Gen 30:8; Gen 41:51; Exo 2:10; Rth 4:17; 1Sa 4:21
1Ch 4:9; 1Ch 2:9; Hos 1:4; Luk 1:60; Luk 2:21
(12) Adoption of
Gen 15:3; Gen 48:5; Exo 2:10; Est 2:7
(13) Births Foretold
Gen 16:11; Gen 18:10; Jdg 13:3; 1Ki 13:2; 2Ki 4:16; Isa 9:6
Mat 1:21; Luk 1:13
(14) Birthright of
Gen 25:31; Gen 43:33; Deu 21:16; 2Ch 21:3; Heb 12:16
–SEE First-born, OWNERSHIP
(15) Dishonouring Parents, Different Ways of
By Stubbornness and Sensuality
Deu 21:20
By Lack of Respect for
Deu 27:16
By Despising their Mother
Pro 15:20
By Cursing their Father
Pro 30:11
By Strife in the Household
Mic 7:6
By Failure in Providing for
Mar 7:11
By Disobedience
2Ti 3:2
–SEE Cursing (3), CURSING
Filial Honour, YOUNG PEOPLE
& YOUNG PEOPLE
(M) FAMILY TROUBLE
(1) Instances of
Sarah and Hagar
Gen 16:5
Rebekah and her daughters-in-law
Gen 26:34; Gen 26:35; Gen 27:46
Jacob and Esau
Gen 27:41
Joseph and his brethren
Gen 37:4
Moses, Aaron and Miriam
Num 12:11
David and his wife
2Sa 6:16
David and his household
2Sa 12:11
Ahasuerus and Vashti
Est 1:12
—Hard to bear. SEE Family Strife, STRIFE
(2) Causes of
–Hatred
Gen 27:41
–Childlessness
Gen 30:1; 1Sa 1:6; 1Sa 1:7
–Envy
Gen 37:11
–Ungrateful children
Deu 21:20; 2Sa 15:6
–Unworthy husbands
1Sa 25:25
–Avarice
Pro 15:27
–Contentious wives
Pro 21:19
–Slothfulness
Ecc 10:18
(3) Childlessness regarded as a Misfortune
Gen 11:30; Gen 15:2; Jdg 13:2; 1Sa 1:2; 2Sa 6:23; 2Ki 4:14
Luk 1:7; Luk 20:29
(4) Fratricide
Gen 4:8; Jdg 9:5; 2Sa 13:28; 1Ki 2:25; 2Ch 21:4; Mat 10:21
–SEE Murder,
(N) FOES OF THE HOME
(1) Adultery
Exo 20:14; Lev 20:10; Job 24:15; Mat 5:27; Mat 19:9; Rom 7:3
1Co 6:9; 2Pe 2:14
–SEE Filthiness, DEFILEMENT
Lasciviousness, IMPURITY
Impurity, IMPURITY
Fornication, IMPURITY
(2) Polygamy
(a) Examples of
Gen 4:19; Gen 16:3; Gen 26:34; Gen 28:9; Gen 29:28; Jdg 8:30; 1Sa 1:2
2Sa 3:3; 1Ki 11:3; 1Ch 4:5; 2Ch 11:18; 2Ch 13:21; 2Ch 24:3; Dan 5:2
(b) Forbidden
Deu 17:17; Mal 2:15; Mat 19:4; 1Ti 3:2; Tit 1:6
–SEE Marriage, HOME
(3) Concubinage
Gen 16:3; Gen 22:24; Gen 30:4; Gen 36:12; Jdg 8:31; 2Sa 5:13; 1Ki 11:3
1Ch 2:46; 1Ch 7:14; 2Ch 11:21
(4) Divorce
Deu 24:1; Ezr 10:3; Jer 3:1; Mat 5:31; Mat 19:7; Luk 16:18; 1Co 7:27
–SEE Marriage, HOME
(O) FAMILY JOYS, causes contributing to
Conjugal love
Gen 24:67
Birth of children
Gen 21:6
Presence of children in the home
Job 29:5; Psa 127:4; Psa 127:5
Blessings of wifehood and motherhood
Pro 31:28
Possession of a home
Mic 4:4
Maternal and paternal love. See HOME
& HOME
(P) HOME RELIGION
(1) General References to
Joshua establishes religion in his home
Jos 24:15
Job_sanctifies his children
Job 1:5
The healed demoniac told to go home and witness for Christ
Luk 8:39
Mary sits at Jesus’ feet in her home
Luk 10:39
Andrew leads his brother to Christ
Joh 1:41
The entire family of the nobleman accept Christ
Joh 4:53
Lydia and her household converted
Act 16:15
The Philippian jailer and his family are baptized
Act 16:33
Home, the best place to show piety
1Ti 5:4
(2) Devout Fathers, examples of
Abraham exerts a spiritual influence upon his family
Gen 18:19
Isaac blesses his son
Gen 27:26; Gen 27:27
Jacob commands his household to put away idols
Gen 35:2
Manoah prays for instruction in regard to his coming child
Jdg 13:8
David gives godly advice to his son, Solomon
1Ki 2:1-4
Zacharias, the godly father of John the Baptist
Luk 1:67
Cornelius, the head of a religious household
Act 10:2
(3) Devout Mothers
–Sarah
Gen 21:6
–Hannah
1Sa 1:22
–Elizabeth
Luk 1:41
–Mary
Luk 1:46
–Eunice
2Ti 1:5
(4) Parental Prayers
Abraham, for Ishmael
Gen 17:18
David, for the life of his child
2Sa 12:16
David, for Solomon
1Ch 29:19
Job, for his children
Job 1:5
The father, for the demoniac
Mat 17:15
The Syrophenician mother
Mar 7:26
(Q) PLEASANT SUNDAY AFTERNOONS
Bible Stories for Children
Who Made the World
Gen 1:1-25
The Woman who exchanged her Home and all she had for an Apple
Gen 3:1-6
The voyage of the Big Boat
Gen 6:14-22; Gen 7:1-24
The Boy who lost his Home by mocking
Gen 21:9-20
The Young Man whom an Angel Saved
Gen 22:1-13
The Young Man who traded his Inheritance for a dish of Pottage
Gen 25:29-34
The Beautiful Coat
Gen 37:1-34
The Boy Captive who became prime minister
Gen 37:13-36; Gen 39:20-23; Gen 41:1-44
The Baby’s Cry that won his way to a palace
Exo 2:1-10
A fit of Anger that cost a good Man his Life
Num 20:10-12; Deu 3:23-26
How Snake bites were Healed
Num 21:4-9
The Woman who used a Red Cord to save her Life
Jos 2:1-24; Jos 6:22-24
The Man who could not keep his Hands from Beautiful things
Jos 7:20-26
A Band that captured a City by marching around it thirteen times
Jos 6:1-20
Gideon’s Fleece
Jdg 6:36-40
The Man who won a Battle with Pitchers and Lights
Jdg 7:15-22
The King of the Forest
Jdg 9:7-15
The Young Man who became a Slave by having his hair cut
Jdg 16:1-31
The Boy who could hear God’s Voice
1Sa 3:1-21
The Men of curiosity who looked into a Sacred Chest and Lost their Lives
1Sa 6:19
The Young Farmer who went out seeking Donkeys and found a Crown
1Sa 9:1-27; 1Sa 10:1
The Anointing of the Young Shepherd
1Sa 16:1-14
David the Giant Killer
1Sa 17:1-58
Fast Friends
1Sa 18:1-4
The Boy Helper
1Sa 20:21-40
The Lame Prince
2Sa 4:4; 2Sa 9:1-13
The Killing of the Pet Lamb
2Sa 12:1-6
The Handsome Prince Caught in a Tree
2Sa 18:9
The Prophet fed by the Birds
1Ki 17:1-6
The Food that never grew Less
1Ki 17:10-16
The Chariot of Fire
2Ki2:9-11
The Man who used a Cloak to get through a River
2Ki2:13; 2Ki2:14
The Minister’s Boys who were saved from Slavery
2Ki4:1-7
A Race for a little Boy’s Life
2Ki4:18-36
The Captive Girl who returned good for Evil and Saved a Man’s Life
2Ki5:2-15
The Borrowed Axe that floated
2Ki6:1-7
The Boy King who was hid
2Ki11:1-12
The Choir that won a battle by Singing
2Ch 20:20-24
The most Wonderful House in the world
Ecc 12:2-7
An Eating and Drinking Contest won by four Temperance Young Men
Dan 1:3-15
Three Young Men who would not Bend, Budge, or Burn
Dan 3:1-30
The Man the Lions would not eat
Dan 6:1-22
Three Fish Stories
Jon 1:1-17; Jon 2:1-10; Luk 5:4-8; Joh 21:4-11
The Star that led to the Baby’s Cradle
Mat 2:1-11
The Woman who Prayed with her finger
Mat 9:20-22
Five girls Locked out in the cold
Mat 25:1-13
The Lost Boy who was found in the Church
Luk 2:40-52
Mr. Selfishness, Mr. Curiosity, Mr. Kind-hearted
Luk 10:30-37
The Men who were invited to a Feast
Luk 14:16-24
Nine Men who forgot to say “Thank You”
Luk 17:12-19
The Boy who ran away from Home
Luk 15:11-24
Thirty-eight years beside a Pool and never a Chance to get in
Joh 5:1-9
The Boy whose lunch fed 5000 Men
Joh 6:5-13
The Fatal Lie
Act 5:1-10
The Song that opened the Jail Doors
Act 16:16-28
Shaking off Vipers
Act 28:1-6