Discipline Of Children

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

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

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

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

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

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

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

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

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

A wise sonhearethhis father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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

He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

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.

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

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

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

Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokesreachthe innermost parts.

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;

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them.

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed? — read the full passage →

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

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

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.

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. — read the full passage →

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 →

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; — read the full passage →

And yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth, Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? — read the full passage →

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Butthe foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. — read the full passage →

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

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?

Poverty and shameshall be tohim that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

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

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? — read the full passage →

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

Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. — read the full passage →

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jehovah, And teachest out of thy law;

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 →

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

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

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;

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. — read the full passage →

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

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

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.

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

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.

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

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;

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

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.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

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 →

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

but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his. — read the full passage →

These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab. — 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.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

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.

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.

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.

For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. — read the full passage →

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And thou shalt consider in thy heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee. — read the full passage →

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

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 all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

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 →

If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him; — read the full passage →

thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me, — read the full passage →

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

To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;