Spoiling Children

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

Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. — read the full passage →

For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him? — read the full passage →

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

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.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

Also command these things, that they may be without reproach. — read the full passage →

“He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread. — read the full passage →

“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. — read the full passage →

“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.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. — read the full passage →

that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate. — read the full passage →

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. — read the full passage →

He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing. — read the full passage →

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up. — read the full passage →

God said to Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those who hate you, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king: — read the full passage →

Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face, and showed respect. David said, “Mephibosheth.” He answered, “Behold, your servant!” — read the full passage →

Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.” — read the full passage →

Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.”

and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.” — read the full passage →

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free. — read the full passage →

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.”

Thus says Yahweh, Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don’t let the rich man glory in his riches; — read the full passage →

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear, — read the full passage →

You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your wine press. — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. — read the full passage →

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” — read the full passage →

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

I am the good shepherd.The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! — read the full passage →

Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him. — read the full passage →

Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

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.

you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.

If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing. — read the full passage →

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’ — read the full passage →

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for. — read the full passage →

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.” — read the full passage →

“Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard. — read the full passage →

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. — read the full passage →

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments. — read the full passage →

remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah. — read the full passage →

So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

If they listen and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

The children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing. — read the full passage →

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph. — read the full passage →

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

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. — read the full passage →

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. — read the full passage →

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

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were grieved because of the children of Israel.

For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.

I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident. — read the full passage →

“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. — read the full passage →

It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service. — read the full passage →

When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him; — read the full passage →

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

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

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

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

Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil. — read the full passage →

You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. — read the full passage →