Children And Parents

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

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

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

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

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome 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.

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

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

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

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

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

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

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.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) — read the full passage →

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.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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.

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

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

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

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

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

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

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

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

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:

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; — read the full passage →

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

And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, — read the full passage →

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

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

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

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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

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.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: — read the full passage →

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

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 →

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

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. — 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, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

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.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

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

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

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;

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: — read the full passage →

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. — read the full passage →

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.