Topic
Rebellious Children
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The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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 →
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →
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:
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. — read the full passage →
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. — read the full passage →
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: — read the full passage →
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, — read the full passage →
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! — read the full passage →
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
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.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
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.
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. — 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:
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel; — read the full passage →
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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