Parents And Children

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.

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.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

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 →

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

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.

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

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.

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

And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

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

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

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;

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. — read the full passage →

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 →

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.

And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; — read the full passage →

Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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

And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, — 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.

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 →

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) — 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 when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, — read the full passage →

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

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.

Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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.

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.

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.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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

What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

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

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

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 →

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

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 →

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 →

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.

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 →

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.

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

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 →

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

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

If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

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.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.