Child Rearing

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

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

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

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

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; — read the full passage →

nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ. — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

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

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

that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

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;

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

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

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

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

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

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.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. — read the full passage →

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

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →