Little Children

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

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.

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

and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

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

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

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

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

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

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

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

`Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'

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;

it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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

`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,

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee. — read the full passage →

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

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

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is; — read the full passage →

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

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

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

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

`Happy the peacemakers--because they shall be called Sons of God.

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

And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them, — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.

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.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us, — read the full passage →

Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

And thou--be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast entrusted with, having known from whom thou didst learn, — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God;

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

`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 they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them, — read the full passage →

`Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

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

O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons--to the age!

and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--all the days.'

And the sons of Israel are in the wilderness, and they find a man gathering wood on the sabbath-day, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

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,

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow, — read the full passage →

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God;

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

verily I say to you, whoever may not receive the reign of God, as a child--he may not enter into it;'

and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them, — read the full passage →

and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,' were much displeased; — read the full passage →

Become desolate doth Samaria, Because she hath rebelled against her God, By sword they do fall, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!

Give to them, Jehovah--what dost Thou give? Give to them miscarrying womb, and dry breasts.

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.

I confess Thee, because that <FI>with<Fi> wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful <FI>are<Fi> Thy works, And my soul is knowing <FI>it<Fi> well.

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!' — read the full passage →

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,

and we capture all his cities at that time, and devote the whole city, men, and the women, and the infants--we have not left a remnant;

`And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges; — read the full passage →

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

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

`And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them before Jehovah--over-against the sun; and the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah doth turn back from Israel.' — read the full passage →