Children Leaving Their Parents

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become 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 pleases the Lord.

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

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

“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.

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

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

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

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

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

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.

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

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

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?’

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 →

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

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

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

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

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

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

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

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

“Anyone who curses 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 anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, — read the full passage →

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, 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, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

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

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to 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; the glory of children are their parents.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

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

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. — read the full passage →

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

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,

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 →

“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone 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 unstained by the world.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a 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 your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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

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 →

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 →

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

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

Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.

“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.

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh 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 Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

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

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.

One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

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

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

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

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

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,

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

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 →

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.

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

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.

Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you. — read the full passage →

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

I said to their children in the wilderness, Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day. The father shall make known your truth to the children.

The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children; — 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.”

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 →

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

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.”