Being A Parent

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him, — read the full passage →

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. — read the full passage →

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

honour thy father and mother,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, — read the full passage →

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

if the earthly things I said to you, and ye do not believe, how, if I shall say to you the heavenly things, will ye believe? — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, — read the full passage →

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Jesus, therefore, said to them, `When ye may lift up the Son of Man then ye will know that I am <FI>he<Fi> ; and of myself I do nothing, but according as my Father did teach me, these things I speak;

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — read the full passage →

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children, — read the full passage →

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true; — read the full passage →

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing.

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

Thy wife <FI>is<Fi> as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

God--causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only--the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

And Moses goeth up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which <FI>is<Fi> on the front of Jericho, and Jehovah sheweth him all the land--Gilead unto Dan, — read the full passage →

and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah; — read the full passage →

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons. — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

`If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true;

Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him; — read the full passage →

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

and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish--to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand; — read the full passage →

I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am <FI>he<Fi> , ye shall die in your sins.'

and he saith to them, `I am <FI>he<Fi> , be not afraid;'

`But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me. — read the full passage →

`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;' — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father--he did declare.

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

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