Being A Parent

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: — read the full passage →

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

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

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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

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

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

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

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

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

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — 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.

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: — read the full passage →

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.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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 →

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

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

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — 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 →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

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

Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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

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

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 →

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

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 →

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.

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. — read the full passage →

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

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

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, — read the full passage →

And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: — read the full passage →

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.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons; — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. — read the full passage →

I and my Father are one. — read the full passage →

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. — read the full passage →

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.