Parents Responsibilities

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

honour thy father and mother,

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

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

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

and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him, — read the full passage →

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; — read the full passage →

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

for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

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.

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,

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

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

And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene; — read the full passage →

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

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

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,

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

`Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.

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.

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

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

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

`And this <FI>is<Fi> the command, the statutes and the judgments which Jehovah your God hath commanded to teach you, to do in the land which ye are passing over thither to possess it, — read the full passage →

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

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

When I was a babe, as a babe I was speaking, as a babe I was thinking, as a babe I was reasoning, and when I have become a man, I have made useless the things of the babe;

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.

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 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,

and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise--to salvation, through faith that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus;

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

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

And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children, — read the full passage →

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

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

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — 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.

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

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

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

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

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

for each one his own burden shall bear.

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

The soul that doth sin--it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father doth not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on him.

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

and so that thou recountest in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, that which I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have set among them, and ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.'

professing to be wise, they were made fools,

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;

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

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,

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

for He saith, `In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now <FI>is<Fi> a well-accepted time; lo, now, a day of salvation,' --

Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

`And ye have placed these my words on your heart, and on your soul, and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes; — read the full passage →

Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband <FI>is<Fi> thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.'

in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord; — read the full passage →

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

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

And strengthen himself doth Solomon son of David over his kingdom, and Jehovah his God <FI>is<Fi> with him, and maketh him exceedingly great. — read the full passage →

And Moab transgresseth against Israel after the death of Ahab, — read the full passage →

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah;

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that <FI>is<Fi> according to piety, — read the full passage →

evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

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 →

And He did not make one <FI>only<Fi> , And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what <FI>is<Fi> the one <FI>alone<Fi> ! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

A provocation to his father <FI>is<Fi> a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

`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.

so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

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.'

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation--unspotted to keep himself from the world.

for it <FI>is<Fi> not a vain thing for you, for it <FI>is<Fi> your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'

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,

Wherefore, (as the Holy Spirit saith, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear--

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