Fathers Who Leave Their Children

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 →

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.

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. — read the full passage →

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

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

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

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 →

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. — read the full passage →

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

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: — read the full passage →

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 →

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

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 whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

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.

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

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

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

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

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

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

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

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

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

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.

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

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;

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 →

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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 →

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; — read the full passage →

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

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? — 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.

And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. — read the full passage →

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. — read the full passage →

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

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

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

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

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

To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. — read the full passage →

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. — read the full passage →

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.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: — 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;

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; — read the full passage →

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

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

And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, — read the full passage →

And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; — read the full passage →

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.