Children Leaving Their Parents

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

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

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in 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 nurture them in the chastening 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 causeth shame to his mother.

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

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; — read the full passage →

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

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

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

And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not 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 his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, 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 a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up 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 righteous.

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

Wives, be in subjection 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 train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they 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 the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

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

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: 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 Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

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

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

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

See 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 who is in heaven.

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

My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

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

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, 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 wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,

And they were bringing unto him little children, that he should touch them: and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation, — read the full passage →

How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray? — 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 unspotted from the world.

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

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 yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

These things therefore the soldiers did. 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 →

And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

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

And he called to him a little child, 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.

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

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

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

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain 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 him to show unto his servants, even the 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, even concerning things to come.

But abide 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 soul: and not oneof themsaid that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.

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

These also are 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 thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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

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

as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation; — read the full passage →

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

And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, 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 are born, speaking lies.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children; — read the full passage →

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

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the 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 on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and 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 these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.