REFERENCE

CHILDREN

Genesis 33:5

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. (Jacob said this to Esau)

Exodus 20:12

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

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

II Samuel 12:23

But now he is dead , wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him , but he shall not return to me. (David, of his first son. David's final home was in heaven, and David would be going there someday, and that is where his son would be.)

Psalms 127:3-5

[127:3] Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. [127:4] As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. [127:5] Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Proverbs 1:8

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

Proverbs 1:15

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

Proverbs 2:1-5

[2:1] My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; [2:2] So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; [2:3] Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; [2:4] If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; [2:5] Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 3:1-4

[3:1] My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: [3:2] For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. [3:3] Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: [3:4] So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 3:5-10

[3:5] Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. [3:6] In all thy ways acknowledge him , and he shall direct thy paths. [3:7] Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil . [3:8] It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. [3:9] Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: [3:10] So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

Proverbs 3:11-12

[3:11] My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: [3:12] For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Proverbs 3:21

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Proverbs 4:1

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Proverbs 4:10

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Proverbs 4:20-27

[4:20] My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. [4:21] Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. [4:22] For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. [4:23] Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. [4:24] Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. [4:25] Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. [4:26] Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. [4:27] Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Proverbs 5:1

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

Proverbs 5:20

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 6:20-21

[6:20] My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: [6:21] Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

Proverbs 7:1

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Proverbs 7:24

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 10:1

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

Proverbs 10:5

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:24

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

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 15:20

A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 17:6

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

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Proverbs 19:18

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

Proverbs 19:26

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 20:11-13

[20:11] Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. [20:12] The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. [20:13] Love not sleep , lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

Proverbs 22:1

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Proverbs 22:6

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

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Proverbs 23:13-14

[23:13] Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. [23:14] Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Proverbs 23:19

Hear thou, my son , and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Proverbs 23:22

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

Proverbs 23:24

The father of the righteous shall rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Proverbs 23:25

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Proverbs 23:26

My son , give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Proverbs 24:13

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Proverbs 28:7

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

Proverbs 28:24

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

Proverbs 29:3

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father : but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

Proverbs 29:15

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

Proverbs 29:17

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

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Malachi 1:6

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Ephesians 6:1-3

[6:1] Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. [6:2] Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; [6:3] That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Colossians 3:20

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

I Timothy 5:4

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.