Fathers And Children

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

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

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

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

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

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

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

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

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

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: — read the full passage →

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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

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

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? — read the full passage →

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

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

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

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.

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.

Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. — read the full passage →

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

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

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

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

In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

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

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.

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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;

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

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

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

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.

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, — read the full passage →

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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

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

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; — read the full passage →

I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

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

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.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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 →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

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.

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

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.

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 →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

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

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? — read the full passage →

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

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:

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →

They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.