Parental Love

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

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

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

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

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

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

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

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 →

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

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

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

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

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

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

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

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

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

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

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

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

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

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

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

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

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — 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.

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

comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.

And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

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.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward.

O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: — read the full passage →

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

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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; — read the full passage →

We love, because he first loved us.

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

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 let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Even as it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek. — 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. — read the full passage →

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite: — read the full passage →

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness: — read the full passage →

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →