7 And he had been a father to Hadassah who is Esther, the daughter of his father's brother: for she had no father or mother. When her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his daughter. She was very beautiful.
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Esther 2:7
John 14:18
18 »I will not leave you desolate. I will come to you.
Acts 7:21
21 »And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and nourished him as her own son.
Romans 8:15
15 For you have not received a spirit of bondage again causing fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Father, Father! (Chaldee: Abba, meaning father).
1 John 3:2
2 Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be. We know that when he is revealed we will be like him. We will see him just as he is.
Psalms 27:10
10 Even if my father and mother abandon (forsake) me, Jehovah will take care of me.
John 1:13
13 They were born from God. It was not from blood, or the will of the flesh, or the will of man.
Romans 8:14-19
14 All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15 For you have not received a spirit of bondage again causing fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Father, Father! (Chaldee: Abba, meaning father).
16 The Spirit itself (Greek:autos ho pneuma) (itself the Spirit) bears witness with our spirit (mind and heart), that we are children of God.
17 If children, then heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. If indeed we suffer with him we may also be glorified with him.
18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that will be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creation is waiting for the manifestation (revelation) (disclosure) of the sons of God.
Galatians 3:26
26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
John 1:12
12 He gave the right to become children of God to all who received him. Even to those who believe in his name.
1 John 3:1
1 Observe the love the Father gave to us that we should be called the children of God. That is what we are! For this reason the world does not know us. This is because it did not know him.
Romans 9:8
8 That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as seed.
Galatians 4:5-7
Matthew 18:5
5 »Everyone who accepts this little child in my name accepts me.
Ephesians 1:5
5 He predetermined (ordained) us to adoption, as sons to himself through Jesus Christ, according to the kind intention of his will.