Bad Children

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: — read the full passage →

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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

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

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

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

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

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

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. — read the full passage →

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. — read the full passage →

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

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

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? — read the full passage →

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. — read the full passage →

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; — read the full passage →

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

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.

Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; — read the full passage →

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? — read the full passage →

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. — read the full passage →

And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:

Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name, — read the full passage →

In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. — read the full passage →

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. — read the full passage →

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? — read the full passage →

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. — read the full passage →

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. — read the full passage →

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, — read the full passage →

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. — read the full passage →

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.