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

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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

Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live? . . .

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked those who brought them. But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And He took the children in His arms, placed His hands on them, and blessed them.

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

Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.

And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.

Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.

for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem. As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?” “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied. . . .

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.

Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. . . .

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

Do everything without complaining or arguing,

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,