Parents

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 children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

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

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.

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

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,

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

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

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

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

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

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

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

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

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

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

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

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

`Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

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

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

`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood <FI>is<Fi> on him.

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

honour thy father and mother, — read the full passage →

`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

An eye that mocketh at a father, And despiseth to obey a mother, Dig it out do ravens of the valley, And eat it do young eagles.

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

honour thy father and mother,

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

Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious--he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them-- — read the full passage →

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

`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

(and if any one his own house <FI>how<Fi> to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

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,

`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one--the son of her womb? Yea, these forget--but I--I forget not thee.

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

Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

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

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death. — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace; — read the full passage →

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

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

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

`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> He who is making light of his father and his mother, --and all the people have said, Amen.

Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.

honour widows who are really widows; — read the full passage →

So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

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 →

`And of which of you--the father--if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him? — read the full passage →

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

Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, <FI>am<Fi> a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

And Peter said, `Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;' — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother--her daughter!

And the kindness of Jehovah <FI>Is<Fi> from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. — read the full passage →

and I have declared to him that I am judging his house--to the age, for the iniquity which he hath known, for his sons are making themselves vile, and he hath not restrained them,

and immediately the father of the child, having cried out, with tears said, `I believe, sir; be helping mine unbelief.'

Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

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

for this youth I prayed, and Jehovah doth give to me my petition which I asked of Him;

And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to 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,

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah; — read the full passage →

and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee--all the days.'

Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

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

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, — 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.

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

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.

For thou <FI>art<Fi> He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.

and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings--the number of them all--for Job said, `Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.' Thus doth Job all the days.

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;