Authority Over Your Children

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

But I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, “Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”

For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”

and they began saying to him, “By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?”

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise you.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

“Whereupon as I traveled to Damascus with the authority and commission from the chief priests,

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. — read the full passage →

Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst, — read the full passage →

Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.

The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”