Children Leaving Home

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

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

He said, “A certain man had two sons. — read the full passage →

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

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 →

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 →

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

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’

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

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.

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

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

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.

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.

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,

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

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

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

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

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

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregardhis own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

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

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

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.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

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 →

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant, — read the full passage →

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

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

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow, — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God’s sake,

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” — read the full passage →

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

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →

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

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — 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 →

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; — read the full passage →

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — 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.”

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk 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.

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

“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.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — 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.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

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.

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

But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. — 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.

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 →

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

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

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God’s testimony which he has testified concerning his Son. — read the full passage →

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Honor widows who are widows indeed.

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

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →