Child Rearing

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.

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

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

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

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

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

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 →

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

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

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

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

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

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 →

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it 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.

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

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

Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, — 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;

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

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction 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, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

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

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

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.

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

Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, 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 →

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.

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 when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you? — read the full passage →

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

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

That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

But continue 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 followers of God, as dear children;

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

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

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: — read the full passage →

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 →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

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:

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

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

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.

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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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

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

We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. — read the full passage →

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. — read the full passage →

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

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.