Being A Parent

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

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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

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

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

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

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

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

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

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

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him; — read the full passage →

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

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

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

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

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

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

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

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

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.

If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

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; the glory of children are their parents.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. — read the full passage →

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

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

Jesus therefore said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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

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

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them; — read the full passage →

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;

“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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 →

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would 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.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid. — read the full passage →

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.

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

God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan, — read the full passage →

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.

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk 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.

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children; — read the full passage →

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

“If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.

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

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

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I amhe, you will die in your sins.”

But he said to them, “It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me. — read the full passage →

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.” — read the full passage →

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

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