Parents

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

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

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

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

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

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who 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 pleases the Lord.

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise: — read the full passage →

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

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

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them; — read the full passage →

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

“Anyone who attacks 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 makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day. The father shall make known your truth to the children.

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death. — read the full passage →

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” — read the full passage →

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

A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.

for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.

Honor widows who are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline? — read the full passage →

“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? — read the full passage →

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

you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Peter said, “Look, we have left everything, and followed you.” — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. — read the full passage →

For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.

Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I believe. Help my unbelief!”

Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.

He took a little child, and set him in their midst. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, — read the full passage →

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. — read the full passage →

You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.

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

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; — read the full passage →

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust at my mother’s breasts.

It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, 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 renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.