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.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; — read the full passage →

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

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

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish 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, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

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

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him; — read the full passage →

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your 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 Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

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

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

For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

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

But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

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

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

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

They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. — read the full passage →

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

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who 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; the glory of children are their parents.

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand head of cattle, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated Yahweh’s house.

For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.

The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has 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, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day. The father shall make known your truth to the children.

Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

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

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

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

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

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

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

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

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

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

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