Disrespectful Child

“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.

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

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

“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. — read the full passage →

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

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

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

He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? — read the full passage →

Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, (and they shall have their sides east and west), Dan, one portion. — read the full passage →

This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

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

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

My son, don’t forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power! — read the full passage →

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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

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

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying, — read the full passage →

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved — read the full passage →

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. — read the full passage →

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, — read the full passage →

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

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

In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. — read the full passage →

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. — read the full passage →

The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. — read the full passage →

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

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

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.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, — read the full passage →

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which can’t be uttered.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

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.

When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. — 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 →

When Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in;

The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not wrong.” He is a partner with a destroyer.

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

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

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

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

“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.

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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.”

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

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

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed. — read the full passage →

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.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

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

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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 grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →