Children Leaving Home

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

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

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

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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.

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

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

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.

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

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

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 →

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

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

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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:

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

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

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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

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

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. — read the full passage →

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

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.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. — read the full passage →

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, — read the full passage →

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, — read the full passage →

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

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

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.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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:

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

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — 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 →

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: — read the full passage →

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — 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 thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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

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.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

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

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

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.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

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 →

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

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →