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The KJV sometimes uses ‘ye’ (I can recall it being used in the sermon on the mount), but that’s specifically in cases where its the plural of thou/you, so I don’t think it counts. When you use thees and thous in our day, it sounds like you’re doing your best impression of the Bible or pretending to be a medieval knight or something. Not like you’re having a deep conversation with your parents.
Thee and thou have really lost their meaning. It fell out of favor for general use before the American Revolution and for mainstream religious use… I dunno, a hundred years ago? It’s almost counter-productive to retain the tradition these days if the whole goal is to show closeness with God. All the archaic language really does is make things sound more mysterious and medieval.
As I state above, thou & thee still are used in a few places such as northern England. “Ye” certainly is – very common still, and in some dialects such as Scotland and Ireland, it has supplanted you in traditional speech.
Properly though, “ye” is to “you” what “me” is to “I”.
* He told ye/he told me (accusative, as object)
* O ye of little faith (vocative – directly addressing someone)
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