How To Train Your Children

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

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

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

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

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

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the 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 to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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

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 mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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

That they may teach the young women to be sober, 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 the Lord.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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;

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 →

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.

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

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

For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

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

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine 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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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

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.

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

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.

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 in thine heart: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

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 →

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

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

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

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — 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?

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

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected 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 speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, 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.

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

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

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

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

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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

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.

And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an 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, 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.

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

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

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

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

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, 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 in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man 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 is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

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

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

For by grace are ye 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.

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings 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 the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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

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.

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 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 →

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

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.

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:

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

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.