Raising A Child

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

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline? — read the full passage →

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →

From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her:

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; — read the full passage →

But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children;

A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.

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

We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done. — read the full passage →

These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart; — read the full passage →

The soul who sins, he 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 on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

You shall teach them your children, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.” — read the full passage →

If you love me, keep my commandments.

Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place, and strengthened himself against Israel. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →

Because you didn’t serve Yahweh your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

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

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. — read the full passage →

“Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn’t receive me, but him who sent me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword. — read the full passage →

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn’t this true, you children of Israel?” says Yahweh.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace of your children.

I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

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

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him. — read the full passage →

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

“‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am Yahweh your God. — read the full passage →

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. — read the full passage →

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, — read the full passage →

“You shall not murder.

God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?