Nam tibi carior est ille filius equae quam ille filius Dei? Is this son of a mare dearer to you, then, than that son of God?

-St Aidan
c.645  To King Oswin of Deira, who had objected when  Aidan gave to a beggar a horse which he had received as a gift from the king. Quoted in Bede Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis  Anglorum (731), bk.3, ch.14.

Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whomthou lovest.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Genesis 22:2.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Genesis 37:3.

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Genesis 37:35.

   And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother isdead, and heisleft alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Genesis 42:38.

   And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said,O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee,OAbsalom, my son, my son!

-Bible (Old Testament)
Samuel18:33.

Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Psalms 2:7^9.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the L, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The L is thy keeper: the L is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moonby night.The L shall preservetheefromallevil: he shall preserve thy soul. The L shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

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ORDORDORDORDORDPsalms121:1^8.

For whom the L loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDProverbs 3:12.

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Proverbs13:1.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Proverbs13:24.

Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Isaiah 7:14.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son isgiven: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,Counseller,The mighty God, The everlasting Father,The Prince of Peace.Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, uponthethrone of David, and uponhis kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the L of hosts will perform this.

-Bible (Old Testament)
ORDIsaiah 9:6^7.

I saw in the night visions and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Daniel 7:13.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew1:21.

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which wasspoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is,God with us.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew1:22^3

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting uponhim: And loavoicefromheaven, saying,This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 3:16^17.

Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 4:1^4.

   Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts untoyourchildren, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 7:9^11.

And Jesus saith unto him,The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

-Bible (NewTestament)
St Matthew 8:20.