Parents Responsibilities

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

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 →

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — 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 →

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

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

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.

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 yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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

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

These things therefore the soldiers did. But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. — 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.

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

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

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

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;

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

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

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it; — read the full passage →

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

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things.

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

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 ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope; — read the full passage →

For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

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.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

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

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

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

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

For each man shall bear his own burden.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

The soul that sinneth, it shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

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

and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

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

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. — read the full passage →

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints’ feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

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

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. — read the full passage →

And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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. — read the full passage →

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

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

So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

And thou shalt keep 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 in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.

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;

Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

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