Spoiling Children

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

Be not led astray, my brethren beloved; — read the full passage →

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways. — read the full passage →

`For which <FI>is<Fi> the great nation that hath God near unto it, as Jehovah our God, in all we have called unto him? — read the full passage →

for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

and these things charge, that they may be blameless; — read the full passage →

`And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;

A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread. — read the full passage →

`And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet; — read the full passage →

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

`Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.

Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. — read the full passage →

that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during, — read the full passage →

verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.'

because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry. — read the full passage →

`Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; — read the full passage →

to all of them hath he given--to each changes of garments, and to Benjamin he hath given three hundred silverlings, and five changes of garments; — read the full passage →

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me. — read the full passage →

And God saith to Solomon, `Because that this hath been with thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, and honour, and the life of those hating thee, and also many days hast not asked, and dost ask for thyself wisdom and knowledge, so that thou dost judge My people over which I have caused thee to reign-- — read the full passage →

and Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, cometh unto David, and falleth on his face, and doth obeisance, and David saith, `Mephibosheth;' and he saith, `Lo, thy servant.' — read the full passage →

And Eliab, his eldest brother, heareth when he speaketh unto the men, and the anger of Eliab burneth against David, and he saith, `Why <FI>is<Fi> this--thou hast come down! and to whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known thy pride, and the evil of thy heart--for, to see the battle thou hast come down.' — read the full passage →

And Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Are the young men finished?' and he saith, `Yet hath been left the youngest; and lo, he delighteth himself among the flock;' and Samuel saith unto Jesse, `Send and take him, for we do not turn round till his coming in hither.'

and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth: — read the full passage →

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'

`Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released. — read the full passage →

But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;'

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand <FI>is<Fi> toward God to do <FI>it<Fi> .

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend, — read the full passage →

`The feast of booths thou dost make for thee seven days, in thine in-gathering of thy threshing-floor, and of thy wine-vat; — read the full passage →

fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love; — read the full passage →

but, according as it hath been written, `What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him--'

according as it hath been written, `Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.' — read the full passage →

and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ--if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.

`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.

The soul that doth sin--it doth die. A son doth not bear of the iniquity of the father, And a father doth not bear of the iniquity of the son, The righteousness of the righteous is on him, And the wickedness of the wicked is on him.

<FI> With<Fi> supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof <FI>is<Fi> brutish.

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts--His Holy Name. — read the full passage →

And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him; — read the full passage →

And Abraham <FI>is<Fi> old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all <FI>things<Fi> ;

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God,

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing. — read the full passage →

`Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> not to one of these, the least, ye did <FI>it<Fi> not to me.

is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good? — read the full passage →

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space. — read the full passage →

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

And Zion saith, `Jehovah hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me.' — read the full passage →

And now, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, and man of Judah, Judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. — read the full passage →

O the happiness of a man <FI>who<Fi> hath found wisdom, And of a man <FI>who<Fi> bringeth forth understanding. — read the full passage →

Gracious <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God <FI>is<Fi> merciful, — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly. — read the full passage →

He doth remember all thy presents, And thy burnt-offering doth reduce to ashes. Selah. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah hath blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he hath fourteen thousand of a flock, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.

the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.

And the sons of Israel have done according to the word of Moses, and they ask from the Egyptians vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments; — read the full passage →

And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph, — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

`And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

`Happy the clean in heart--because they shall see God.

In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted. — read the full passage →

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

I <FI>am<Fi> afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors--I pine away.

And Jehovah hath turned <FI>to<Fi> the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends, and Jehovah doth add <FI>to<Fi> all that Job hath--to double. — read the full passage →

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

and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

For Mine <FI>is<Fi> every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

`And I give to you a land for which thou hast not laboured, and cities which ye have not built, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and olive-yards which ye have not planted ye are eating.

`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee; — read the full passage →

`And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, — read the full passage →

and it hath been, when ye come in unto the land which Jehovah giveth to you, as He hath spoken, that ye have kept this service; — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which <FI>is<Fi> upon him, — read the full passage →

Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Sons' sons <FI>are<Fi> the crown of old men, And the glory of sons <FI>are<Fi> their fathers.

A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, And an abomination to fools <FI>is<Fi> : Turn from evil. — read the full passage →

and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them; — read the full passage →