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Bible verses about Children
Children are a heritage from the Lord. These verses speak to raising them, blessing them, and the childlike faith Jesus prized.
22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
4And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
5One shall say, I am the LORD’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
39And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Continue reading Deuteronomy 21:18-21 in context →18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
19And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Continue reading Proverbs 3:1-4 in context →1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
2Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
30But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
1A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
9Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
11And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
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