Children Leaving Their Parents

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.

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 all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 →

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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?

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 →

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — 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 →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

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

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

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

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

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

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.

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; — read the full passage →

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.

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

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

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

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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.

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.

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

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.

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: — read the full passage →

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

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

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,

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 →

How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? — 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.

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

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.

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

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 →

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 →

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

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

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

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.

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

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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

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.

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. — read the full passage →

Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. — 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.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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:

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

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 the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. — read the full passage →

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.

Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: — read the full passage →

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

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

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

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; — 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.

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 he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. — read the full passage →

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.