¹³Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

¹²For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

²²A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

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.

⁶Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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.

¹¹My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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.

²⁸Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

¹⁹The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

¹⁵Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

¹³As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

¹At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

¹¹Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

³Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

⁶And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

³⁷He 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.

¹¹If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

¹²Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

¹³If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

¹⁴Behold, 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.

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.

¹¹As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

⁴One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

⁵(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

¹²Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

⁸But 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.