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

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

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

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

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome 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.

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

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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

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

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

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

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; — read the full passage →

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? — read the full passage →

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

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

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. — read the full passage →

Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — read the full passage →

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

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

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

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

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: — 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:

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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

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

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: — 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.

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. — read the full passage →

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — 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.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: — read the full passage →

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. — read the full passage →

And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. — read the full passage →

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 these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →