Wednesday, October 7, 2009

What the Bible says Wednesday


What the Bible says about...

children

"Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them."
Deuteronomy 4:9

"Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."
Deuteronomy 11:18-19

"Children's children are a crown to the aged."
Proverbs 17:6

"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6

"Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.'"
Matthew 19:14
also Mark 10:14 and Luke 18:16

"Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."
Ephesians 6:1

"Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."
Ephesians 6:4

"Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord."
Colossians 3:20

"Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged."
Colossians 3:21

"He (overseer/elder) must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect."
I Timothy 3:4

"A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well."
I Timothy 3:12

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