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Children And Parents
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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 →
You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
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.
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
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.
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
He said, “A certain man had two sons. — read the full passage →
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:
I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
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 →
If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →
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,
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
He took a little child, and set him in their midst. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, — read the full passage →
These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →
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? — read the full passage →
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →
All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.
“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.
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.
Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. — read the full passage →
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?
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
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. — read the full passage →
For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail.
It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. — read the full passage →
“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.”
My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. — read the full passage →
Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them; — read the full passage →
You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.
Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:
Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day. The father shall make known your truth to the children.
Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
He let them fall in the midst of their camp, around their habitations.
For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.
“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →
Oh that there were such a 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 forever!
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;
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow, — read the full passage →
But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →
“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”
Peter said, “Look, we have left everything, and followed you.” — 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.
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you! — read the full passage →
Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:
A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Yahweh our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
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