Jeremiah 31:9

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

They shall come with weeping: and I will bring them back in mercy. And I will bring them through the torrents of waters in a right way: and they shall not stumble in it. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Cross References

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.

Jeremiah 3:4

Therefore, at least from this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity:

Exodus 4:22

And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn.

Jeremiah 50:4

In those days and at that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Juda together: going and weeping, they shall make haste and shall seek the Lord their God.

Jeremiah 31:20

Surely Ephraim is an honourable son to me, surely he is a tender child: for since I spoke of him, I will still remember him. Therefore are my bowels troubled for him: pitying, I will pity him, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 63:13

He that led them out through the deep, as a horse in the wilderness that stumbleth not:

Psalm 23:2

For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

Revelation 7:17

For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall rule them, and shall lead them to the fountains of the waters of life, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for you shall laugh.

Matthew 6:9

Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace, and of prayers: and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for an only son, and they shall grieve over him, as the manner is to grieve for the death of the firstborn.

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said: How shall I put thee among the children and give thee a lovely land, the goodly inheritance of the armies of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt call me father and shalt cease to walk after me.

Isaiah 64:8

And now, O Lord, thou art our father, and we are clay: and thou art our maker, and we all are the works of thy hands.

Isaiah 57:14

And I will say: Make a way, give free passage. Turn out of the path. Take away the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.

Hebrews 12:23

And to the church of the firstborn, who are written in the heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,

Hebrews 12:13

And make straight steps with your feet: that no one, halting, may go out of the way; but rather be healed.

Hebrews 5:7

Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence.

2 Corinthians 6:18

And I will receive you; and I will be a Father to you; and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity. For we know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit himself asketh for us with unspeakable groanings.

Matthew 3:3

For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying: A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.

Hosea 12:4

And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.

Isaiah 63:16

For thou art our father: and Abraham hath not known us, and Israel hath been ignorant of us. Thou, O Lord, art our father, our Redeemer: from everlasting is thy name.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this the return thou makest to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he thy father, that hath possessed thee, and made thee, and created thee?

1 Chronicles 29:10

And he blessed the Lord before all the multitude; and he said: Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity.

Numbers 2:18

On the west side shall be the camp of the sons of Ephraim, whose prince was Elisama, the son of Ammiud.

Psalm 107:7

that thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and hear me.

Isaiah 42:16

And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignorant of I will make them walk. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things have I done to them, and have not forsaken them.

Isaiah 43:20

The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, to my chosen.

Isaiah 45:11

Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me.

Hosea 3:5

And after this the children of Israel shall return, and shall seek the Lord their God, and David their king: and they shall fear the Lord, and his goodness in the last days.

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why then doth every one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers?

Deuteronomy 14:1

Be ye children of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness for the dead;