Raising Children

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.

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

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

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

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

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

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 →

For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him. — 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 Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

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.

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.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

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

“‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

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

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.

Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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;

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

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

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 →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!

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 →

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them; — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

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

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 your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

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; — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”

that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father.’

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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.

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

“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness. — read the full passage →

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

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.

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

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

Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst, — read the full passage →

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. — read the full passage →

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.

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.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

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

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day. The father shall make known your truth to the children.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

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

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.

Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look, and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand.

Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”

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 →

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. — read the full passage →

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more. — read the full passage →

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