Parents

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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.

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

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 →

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — 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 if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

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

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.

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

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.

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

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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.

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.

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

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

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

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

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

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

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

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

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

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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

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

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

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 →

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 →

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

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;

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. — 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 →

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

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

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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 →

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

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

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

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

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 →

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.

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

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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 →

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 →

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.

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

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 thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

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.