Education Of Children

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

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

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.

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

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

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. — read the full passage →

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; — read the full passage →

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

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

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. — read the full passage →

Take heed 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 which is in heaven.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

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

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

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

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

And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. — read the full passage →

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

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. — read the full passage →

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

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.

Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! — read the full passage →

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. — read the full passage →

Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: — read the full passage →

Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

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

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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

And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: — read the full passage →

Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

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

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to 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; — read the full passage →

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, — read the full passage →

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.