Parents Responsible For Children

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

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

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

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

And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.

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

And now saith Jehovah that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered unto him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God is become my strength);

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:

And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. — read the full passage →

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.