Child Abuse

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

And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

but whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.

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

And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

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

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

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

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink, because ye are Christ’s, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. — read the full passage →

In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.

And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

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

And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come! — read the full passage →

And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season? — read the full passage →

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →

Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. — read the full passage →

Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.

And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me:

For nothing is hid, that shall not be made manifest; nor anything secret, that shall not be known and come to light.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table. — read the full passage →

But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →

Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. — read the full passage →

for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he hungered. — read the full passage →

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them. — read the full passage →

For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.

learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.

Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering. — read the full passage →

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hephzibah. — read the full passage →

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword; as a barber’s razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. — read the full passage →

An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool. — read the full passage →

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah; and be sure your sin will find you out.

To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. — read the full passage →

Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. — read the full passage →

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things. — read the full passage →

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you. — read the full passage →

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. — read the full passage →

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father; — read the full passage →

And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. — read the full passage →

And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day. — read the full passage →

If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant, — read the full passage →

Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. — read the full passage →

But the soul that doeth aught with a high hand, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, the same blasphemeth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, — read the full passage →

But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, — read the full passage →

As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.

yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever. — read the full passage →

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

For the law having a shadow of the goodthingsto come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh. — read the full passage →

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, — read the full passage →

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. — read the full passage →

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. — read the full passage →

Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. — read the full passage →

And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? — read the full passage →

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen. — read the full passage →

Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →

These are the statutes and the ordinances which ye shall observe to do in the land which Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. — read the full passage →

And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. — read the full passage →