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

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

These things command and teach. — read the full passage →

But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; — 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.

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. — read the full passage →

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young. — read the full passage →

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

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

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. — 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. — read the full passage →

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

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

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

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

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

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. — read the full passage →

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

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.

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

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 →

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; — read the full passage →

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.

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

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

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. — read the full passage →

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

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

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

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

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

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

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

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.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. — read the full passage →

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

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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

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

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

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

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

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.

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 →

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

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, — 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? — read the full passage →

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.