Children And Parents

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

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

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

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

Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

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

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

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

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

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

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

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.

honour thy father and mother, — read the full passage →

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.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

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

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

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

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

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

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

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

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

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

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

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

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,

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, — read the full passage →

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

And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them, — read the full passage →

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

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten? — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

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

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

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

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,

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah; — read the full passage →

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

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 →

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;

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. — read the full passage →

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth. — read the full passage →

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

`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 thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--all the days.'

And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth <FI>a son<Fi> in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, `Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

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

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

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.

honour thy father and mother,

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

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,

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee.

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!

Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

And causeth <FI>it<Fi> to fall in the midst of His camp, Round about His tabernacles.

and I have declared to him that I am judging his house--to the age, for the iniquity which he hath known, for his sons are making themselves vile, and he hath not restrained them,

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

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

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons--to the age!

`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.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow, — read the full passage →

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

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

And Peter said, `Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;' — read the full passage →

`Beware! --ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee. — read the full passage →

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

`And thou hast heard, O Israel, and observed to do, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest multiply exceedingly, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee, <FI>in<Fi> the land flowing with milk and honey.

Jehovah our God made with us a covenant in Horeb;

`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.