New Parents

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

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

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

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

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

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; — 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? — read the full passage →

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

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

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. — read the full passage →

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.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

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

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

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.

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.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — read the full passage →

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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

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

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

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

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →

And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. — read the full passage →

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

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

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. — read the full passage →

And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, — read the full passage →

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

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: — read the full passage →

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: — read the full passage →

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 there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

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:

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 →

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. — read the full passage →

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

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

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

Honour widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) — read the full passage →

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

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.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. — read the full passage →

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

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

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

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

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

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: — read the full passage →

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: — read the full passage →

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.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord.

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? — read the full passage →

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; — read the full passage →

For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, — read the full passage →

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; — read the full passage →