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

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

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

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. — read the full passage →

Chastise thy son, and he giveth thee comfort, Yea, he giveth delights to thy soul.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

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

Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb.

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

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother, — read the full passage →

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

feed the flock of God that <FI>is<Fi> among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, — read the full passage →

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten? — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

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

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. — read the full passage →

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

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.

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

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

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.

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

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah; — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of <FI>their<Fi> husbands, lovers of <FI>their<Fi> children,

having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

He hath declared to thee, O man, what <FI>is<Fi> good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except--to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son <FI>is<Fi> an affliction to his mother.

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, — read the full passage →

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance; — read the full passage →

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you. — read the full passage →

Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.

My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, — read the full passage →

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

An Instruction of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law, Incline your ear to sayings of my mouth. — read the full passage →

and these twelve stones, which they have taken out of the Jordan, hath Joshua raised up in Gilgal. — read the full passage →

and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,

and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart,

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it <FI>is<Fi> .

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →