Topic
Parent Child Relationship
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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.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
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 →
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 →
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. — 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 →
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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.
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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.
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.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
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.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →
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 →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
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.
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. — read the full passage →
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. — read the full passage →
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; — read the full passage →
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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.
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. — read the full passage →
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) — read the full passage →
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. — read the full passage →
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. — read the full passage →
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.
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.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. — read the full passage →
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. — read the full passage →
Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
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:
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →
Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. — read the full passage →
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. — read the full passage →
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. — 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; — read the full passage →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: KJV.