Parent Advice

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

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

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness <FI>is<Fi> on her tongue.

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

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten? — read the full passage →

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. — read the full passage →

Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof, — read the full passage →

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 →

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

taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

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

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. — read the full passage →

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day. — read the full passage →

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

A wise son--the instruction of a father, And a scorner--he hath not heard rebuke.

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 →

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — 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,

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 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.

We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

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

`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.

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

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. — read the full passage →

We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done. — read the full passage →

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

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.

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

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? — read the full passage →

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

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; — read the full passage →

Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

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 →

`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,

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old. — read the full passage →

Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. — read the full passage →

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

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

We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done. — 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 Pharaoh is wroth against his two eunuchs, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers,