Role Of Parents

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

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

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated; — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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

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 yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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

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

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

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.

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

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

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

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

Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; Andthe fruit of the womb ishisreward. — read the full passage →

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

Withhold not correction from the child; Forif thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. — read the full passage →

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

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.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

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

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

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

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

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

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

For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; — 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 Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell withyour wivesaccording to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

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

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

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

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

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

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

In like manner, ye wives, bein subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives; — read the full passage →

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

Honor widows that are widows indeed. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope; — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. — read the full passage →

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

These things therefore the soldiers did. But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

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

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children’s children;

And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. — read the full passage →

And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; — read the full passage →

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

And he said unto them, How say they that the Christ is David’s son? — read the full passage →

And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, andto have salutations in the marketplaces, — read the full passage →

And Jesus answered and said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the son of David? — read the full passage →

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

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

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

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

And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter. — read the full passage →

Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, — read the full passage →

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

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples, — read the full passage →

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! — read the full passage →

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →