How To Train Your Children

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons. — read the full passage →

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

honour thy father and mother,

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. — read the full passage →

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him, — read the full passage →

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour <FI>is<Fi> humility.

and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant <FI>is<Fi> the peace of thy sons.

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

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

for whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;'

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;

and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;

But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising <FI>us<Fi> , and we were reverencing <FI>them<Fi> ; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;

And they were bringing to him children, that he might touch them, and the disciples were rebuking those bringing them, — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise--to salvation, through faith that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus;

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

`The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.

and king Solomon sacrificeth the sacrifice of the herd, twenty and two thousand, and of the flock, a hundred and twenty thousand, and the king and all the people dedicate the house of God.

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

For Thou--Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. — read the full passage →

and Solomon sacrificeth the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he hath sacrificed to Jehovah, oxen, twenty and two thousand, and sheep, a hundred and twenty thousand; and the king and all the sons of Israel dedicate the house of Jehovah.

and I have declared to him that I am judging his house--to the age, for the iniquity which he hath known, for his sons are making themselves vile, and he hath not restrained them,

`And the authorities have spoken unto the people, saying, Who <FI>is<Fi> the man that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? --let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man dedicate it.

if we may live in the Spirit, in the Spirit also we may walk;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty one, So <FI>are<Fi> the sons of the young men.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap,

And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest, — read the full passage →

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace--peace! For in Thee it is confident.

Thorns--snares <FI>are<Fi> in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

`Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

`Beware! --ye may not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their messengers in the heavens do always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens,

Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.