Raising Your 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.

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.

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

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

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

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. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”; so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

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

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

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.

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.”

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.

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

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.

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

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

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;

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

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

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, — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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

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

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 →

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

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 →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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.

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.

For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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 →

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — 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.

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.

“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.”

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;

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.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — 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,

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

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

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.

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 →

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

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you; — read the full passage →

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

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.

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 →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

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

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

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 →

“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh 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 everything spoken by God is possible.”

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

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

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; — 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 →

Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

If you come across a bird’s nest on the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young.

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.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. — read the full passage →