Child Rearing

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

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;

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 →

The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it 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,

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

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — 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.

And thou dost take thy sons and thy daughters Whom thou hast born to Me, And dost sacrifice them to them for food. Is it a little thing because of thy whoredoms, — 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.

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

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful--the true who will entrust to you?

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant <FI>is<Fi> the peace of thy sons.

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

greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

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.

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity, — read the full passage →

nor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ's apostles. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

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

And He did not make one <FI>only<Fi> , And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what <FI>is<Fi> the one <FI>alone<Fi> ! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

And the youth Samuel is going on and growing up, and <FI>is<Fi> good both with Jehovah, and also with men.

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,

`When thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What <FI>are<Fi> the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Jehovah our God hath commanded you? — read the full passage →

`And this <FI>is<Fi> the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, — 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, — read the full passage →

that the man of God may be fitted--for every good work having been completed.

and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise--to salvation, through faith that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus;

And thou--be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn, — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

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

for this youth I prayed, and Jehovah doth give to me my petition which I asked of Him; — read the full passage →

`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 →

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

`Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.

`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, `Because--from the water I have drawn him.'

And Abram heareth that his brother hath been taken captive, and he draweth out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth unto Dan.

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,

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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

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.

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. — read the full passage →

and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart, — read the full passage →

But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

`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.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

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

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

We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

And in the twenty and fourth day of this month have the sons of Israel been gathered, with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them; — read the full passage →

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

And it cometh to pass, when Samuel <FI>is<Fi> aged, that he maketh his sons judges over Israel. — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.