Topic
Rebellious Children
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“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
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 →
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →
One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
He said, “A certain man had two sons. — 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;
Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →
“Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;
If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
He said, “A certain man had two sons. — read the full passage →
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by 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 idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”
Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy. — read the full passage →
“Anyone who attacks 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 assembly, and gave himself up for it;
Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
They shall tell 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 you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky, and destroyed them all.
Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises 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 path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
You are the children of Yahweh your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,
An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear Yahweh’s law;
If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehennaof fire.
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →
Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
“But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
and I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Set on the cauldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:
I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; — 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.
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, — read the full passage →
You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low! — read the full passage →
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →
But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.
Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don’t see, who have ears to hear, and don’t hear; for they are a rebellious house.
But you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don’t be rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.
If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from your midst. All Israel shall hear, and fear.
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.
“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
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.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. — 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,
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
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.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel; — read the full passage →
Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →
For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
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