Education Of Children

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant <FI>is<Fi> the peace of thy sons.

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

To get wisdom--how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!

He is giving power to the weary, And to those not strong He increaseth might. — read the full passage →

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

And thou--be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn, — read the full passage →

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she <FI>is<Fi> thy life.

From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

`Beware! --ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. — read the full passage →

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them, — read the full passage →

And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them, — read the full passage →

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised! — read the full passage →

Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.

and the sons of Eli <FI>are<Fi> sons of worthlessness, they have not known Jehovah.

`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

`Woe to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come! — read the full passage →

`A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son--the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

Thy ways, O Jehovah, cause me to know, Thy paths teach Thou me. — read the full passage →

Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who <FI>is<Fi> like Him--a teacher?

and Jehoash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days in which Jehoiada the priest directed him,

there hath not been a thing of all that Moses commanded which Joshua hath not proclaimed before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the infants, and the sojourner who is going in their midst.

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah; — read the full passage →

And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who <FI>are<Fi> with him, `Turn aside the gods of the stranger which <FI>are<Fi> in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;

and he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the women and the children, and saith, `What <FI>are<Fi> these to thee?' And he saith, `The children with whom God hath favoured thy servant.'

And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy--`According to the proportion of faith!' — read the full passage →

Jesus answered and said to him, `Thou art the teacher of Israel--and these things thou dost not know!

And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them, — read the full passage →

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

The commencement of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones <FI>is<Fi> understanding.

Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

A son of eight years <FI>is<Fi> Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

And they cause to fall lots--charge over-against <FI>charge<Fi> , as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

`And this <FI>is<Fi> the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it, — read the full passage →

`The day when thou hast stood before Jehovah thy God in Horeb--in Jehovah's saying unto me, Assemble to Me the people, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and their sons they teach; --

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, <FI>am<Fi> a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on the fourth, of those hating Me, — read the full passage →

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased; — read the full passage →

But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!