Child Support

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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 your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!”

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

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? — read the full passage →

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

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

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

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

Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

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

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst, — read the full passage →

All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.

The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day. The father shall make known your truth to the children.

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

On the seventh day, the child died. The servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, “Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he didn’t listen to our voice. How will he then harm himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. — read the full passage →

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”