Husbands And Children

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

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

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son: for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. — read the full passage →

neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

For after this manner aforetime the holy women also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: — 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:

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

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

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

In like manner, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and sobriety; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly raiment; — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

If any woman that believeth hath widows, let her relieve them, and let not the church be burdened; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

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

But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; — read the full passage →

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints, — read the full passage →

And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. — read the full passage →

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

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

God be merciful unto us, and bless us, And cause his face to shine upon us; [Selah

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. — read the full passage →

But Rahab the harlot, and her father’s household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

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

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee. — read the full passage →

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine:

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

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

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. — read the full passage →

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. — read the full passage →

The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples; — read the full passage →

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, — read the full passage →

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husbandalso, and he praiseth her, saying: — read the full passage →

A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him. — read the full passage →

The rulers ceased in Israel, they ceased, Until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: — read the full passage →

the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

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;

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof: — read the full passage →

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.