Raising Your Children

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

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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

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

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

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

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

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

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

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. — read the full passage →

That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

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

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

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons; — read the full passage →

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

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

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

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: — read the full passage →

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

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: — read the full passage →

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

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.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

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

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome 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.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. — read the full passage →