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Children Obeying Their Parents
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The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →
the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;
The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;
The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →
for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;
`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.
`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — read the full passage →
Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.
the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.
A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke. — read the full passage →
honour thy father and mother,
`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.
`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.
Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. — read the full passage →
A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.
The precepts of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> pure, enlightening the eyes,
which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'
Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.
Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.
Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.
that the man of God may be fitted--for every good work having been completed.
An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →
for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →
honour thy father and mother, — read the full passage →
Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;
And thou--be speaking what doth become the sound teaching;
And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;
`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> He who is making light of his father and his mother, --and all the people have said, Amen.
Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. — read the full passage →
Jesus therefore responded and said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;
every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,
for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,
for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.
Who <FI>is<Fi> wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.
Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →
`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.
And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →
`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled, — read the full passage →
for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →
`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →
Jesus saith to her, `I am <FI>he<Fi> , who am speaking to thee.'
Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.
Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,
And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them, — read the full passage →
The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!
be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →
Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah; — read the full passage →
The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →
he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.
`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,
`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,
For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack,
A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke.
The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →
`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
and the court that is without the sanctuary leave out, and thou mayest not measure it, because it was given to the nations, and the holy city they shall tread down forty-two months; — read the full passage →
and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.
`If ye love me, my commands keep,
In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →
A generation <FI>is<Fi> , that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, — read the full passage →
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →
his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,
evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him; — read the full passage →
and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,
honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'
but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.
that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram--
Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth.
`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.
`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.
because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,
and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,
and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart, — read the full passage →
A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I <FI>am<Fi> a father, where <FI>is<Fi> Mine honour? And if I <FI>am<Fi> a master, where <FI>is<Fi> My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: `In what have we despised Thy name?'
They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose,
Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.
A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →
And Samuel saith, `Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as <FI>in<Fi> hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;
and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--all the days.'
The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;
And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →
A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,
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