For dads and moms
Lots more verses that are helpful for raising children.
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Kari
Aug. 8, 2020
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1 Chronicles 29:19KJ21
pray for child
And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart to keep Thy commandments, Thy testimonies, and Thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.”
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7NKJV
love
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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1 Corinthians 14:33KJV
Peace and order
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
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1 John 3:16KJV
loving cheerful servant
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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1 John 3:18KJV
love with action
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
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1 John 4:11KJV
love
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
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1 Kings 3:9-10KJV
pray for wisdom
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. -
1 Peter 3:8-9KJV
compassion
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. -
1 Peter 5:2-3KJV
example
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock. -
1 Samuel 12:23KJV
pray for child
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
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1 Thessalonians 2:11KJ21
compassion, comfort, support
Ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
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1 Timothy 3:12KJV
faithful rule
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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1 Timothy 3:4KJV
ruling with gravity
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
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1 Timothy 5:8KJV
provide all needs
But 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.
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2 Corinthians 12:14KJ21
inheritance
Behold, for 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.
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2 Timothy 3:14KJV
you have been taught
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
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2 Timothy 3:16-17KJV
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. -
Acts 2:39KJV
God's faithfulness to households
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
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Acts 9:11KJV
God responds to prayer
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
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Colossians 2:8KJV
Christ alone, not man's methods
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
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Colossians 3:12-14NKJV
graciously forgive
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
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Colossians 3:16-17KJV
Word of the Lord, singing
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. -
Colossians 3:21KJV
provoking to anger
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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Deuteronomy 6:6-7KJV
Every area of life
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. -
Ephesians 4:29KJV
Edifying speech
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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Ephesians 5:20KJV
teach thanksgiving
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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Ephesians 6:1-4KJV
wise, faithful nurture
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. -
Exodus 10:9KJV
children worship with parents
And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord.
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Genesis 18:19KJV
teach to keep the way of the Lord
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
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Genesis 39:9bKJV
Joseph obeys
how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
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Genesis 4:6-7KJV
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. -
Hebrews 10:24KJV
creatively motivate
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
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Hebrews 10:25KJV
Public worship as a family
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
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Hebrews 12:11NASB
discipline should yield peace and righteousness
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
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Hebrews 4:16KJV
The Word of God and Prayer
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
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Isaiah 28:10KJV
don't overwhelm
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
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Isaiah 38:19KJV
read, explain Bible
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
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James 1:5KJV
pray for wisdom
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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James 4:2KJV
fighting
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
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Job 39:14-16KJV
don't be like an ostrich!
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; -
John 12:16KJV
it takes time to understand
These things His disciples understood not at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things unto Him.
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John 15:14KJV
do what he commands
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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Joshua 7:19KJV
correction
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
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Joshua 8:35KJV
children hear God's word
There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
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Lamentations 3:27KJV
it is hard and good
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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Matthew 18:10-11KJV
Jesus loves and protects them
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. -
Matthew 5:37KJV
keeping your word
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
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Matthew 6:33KJV
love for Jesus
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Numbers 32:23KJV
sin can't be hidden
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
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Philippians 2:14-15NKJV
model cheerfulness
Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
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Philippians 4:9KJV
example
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
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Proverbs 1:10KJV
enticed to sin
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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Proverbs 11:18KJV
encourage godliness
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
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Proverbs 11:25KJV
generosity
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
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Proverbs 12:22KJV
God hates lies
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
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Proverbs 13:24KJV
love and the rod
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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Proverbs 15:1NKJV
soft answer
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
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Proverbs 16:32NASB
keep your temper
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city. -
Proverbs 16:33KJV
teach them to flip a coin!
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
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Proverbs 17:17KJV
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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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Proverbs 1:8-9KJV
hear and do not forsake
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. -
Proverbs 19:18KJV
chastening
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
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Proverbs 19:27KJV
instruction
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
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Proverbs 20:7KJV
spiritual legacy
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
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Proverbs 22:15KJV
correction
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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Proverbs 23:13-14KJV
love and the rod
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. -
Proverbs 26:4-5KJV
Two ways to answer
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. -
Proverbs 29:15KJV
diligently train
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
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Proverbs 29:15KJV
intervene with rod and reproof
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
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Proverbs 29:17KJV
child will give you REST
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
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Proverbs 3:11-12KJV
correction
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. -
Proverbs 3:27KJV
love and blessing
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
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Proverbs 4:11KJV
direct child to Bible
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
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Psalm 103:13-14KJV
compassion, fear the Lord
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. -
Psalm 103:17-18KJV
spiritual legacy
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. -
Psalm 127KJV
God's blessings on families
A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
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. -
Psalm 127:1KJV
home
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
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Psalm 147:10-11KJV
Fear of God vs methods
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. -
Psalm 35:9KJV
be full of joy
And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
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Psalm 85:8KJV
peace after folly
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
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Romans 13:9KJ21
golden rule
For this, “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” “Thou shalt not kill,” “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not bear false witness,” “Thou shalt not covet,” and if there be any other commandment, all are briefly comprehended in this saying, namely: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”
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Titus 2:3-5KJV
mom's job
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.