How To Train Your Children

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

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

And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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

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; — read the full passage →

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

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

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

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

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

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honorgoethhumility.

and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

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

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

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

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

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

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

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

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

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

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

Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

And they were bringing unto him little children, that he should touch them: and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, — read the full passage →

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

And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered unto Jehovah, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah.

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.

And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk.

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

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

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

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

A fool despiseth his father’s correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

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

But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

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

Thornsandsnares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

For whom Jehovah loveth he reproveth, Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

See 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 who is in heaven.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.