Disobedient Children

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

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 →

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

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

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

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. — read the full passage →

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

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

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; — read the full passage →

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 →

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:

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

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, — read the full passage →

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

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

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

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

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:

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

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: — read the full passage →

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.

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

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: — read the full passage →

But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

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

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

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

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

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

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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 why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

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.

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

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

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was against your fathers.

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. — read the full passage →

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. — read the full passage →

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. — read the full passage →

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, — read the full passage →

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. — read the full passage →

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. — read the full passage →

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.

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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

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

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

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

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

Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. — read the full passage →

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.