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12 Bible verses about A Prodigal Child KJV
When he was yet a great way off, his father saw him. He saw him because he was watching. These are the verses for parents who are still watching the road.
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Luke 15:20 · KJV
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Luke 15:17-18 · KJV
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
Luke 15:24 · KJV
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Proverbs 22:6 · KJV
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Isaiah 49:25 · KJV
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Jeremiah 31:16-17 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Psalm 126:5-6 · KJV
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
2 Peter 3:9 · KJV
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
1 Timothy 2:1 · KJV
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Luke 15:4 · KJV
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Ezekiel 34:16 · KJV
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
Acts 16:31 · KJV
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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