3 Sons are indeed a heritage from the  Lord,

offspring, a reward.  *

12 Then our sons will be like plants

nurtured in their youth,

our daughters, like corner pillars

that are carved in the palace style.  *

13 For it was you who created my inward parts;  *

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.  *

14 I will praise you

because I have been remarkably and wondrously made.  *,*

Your works are wondrous,

and I know this very well.  *

9 How can a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping your  *  word.  *

9 How can a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping your  *  word.  *

11 Come, children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of the  Lord.  *

6 Start a youth out on his way;  *

even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

6 Start a youth out on his way;  *

even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

6 Start a youth out on his way;  *

even when he grows old he will not depart from it.

15 Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth;

a rod of discipline will separate it from him.  *

15 Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth;

a rod of discipline will separate it from him.  *

24 The one who will not use the rod hates his son,  *

but the one who loves him disciplines him diligently.  *

1 A wise son responds to his father’s discipline,

but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke.

1 My son, don’t forget my teaching,

but let your heart keep my commands;  *

2 for they will bring you

many days, a full life,  *,* and well-being.  *

1 My son, don’t forget my teaching,

but let your heart keep my commands;  *

12 for the Lord disciplines the one he loves,

just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.  *

4 he taught me and said,

"Your heart must hold on to my words.

Keep my commands and live.  *

5 Get wisdom, get understanding;  *

don’t forget or turn away from the words from my mouth.

15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom,  *

but a youth left to himself  *

is a disgrace to his mother.  *

13 Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;

if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.  *

22 Listen to your father who gave you life,

and don’t despise your mother when  *  she is old.  *

23 Buy — and do not sell — truth,

wisdom, instruction, and understanding.  *

26 The one who plunders his father and evicts his mother

is a disgraceful and shameful son.

1 Better a poor person who lives with integrity  *

than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

7 A righteous person acts with integrity;  *

his children who come after him will be happy.  *

11 Even a young man is known by his actions —

by whether his behavior is pure and upright.  *

25 A foolish son is grief to his father

and bitterness to the one who bore him.  *

6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,

and the pride of children is their fathers.

6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly,

and the pride of children is their fathers.

5 A fool despises his father’s discipline,

but a person who accepts correction is sensible.  *

20 A wise son brings joy to his father,

but a foolish man despises his mother.  *

7 A discerning son keeps the law,

but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.  *

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,

and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,  *

9 for they will be a garland  * of favor on your head

and pendants  * around your neck.  *

32 "And now, sons, listen to me;

those who keep my ways are happy.  *

33 Listen to instruction and be wise;  *

don’t ignore it.

1 Children, obey  * your parents in the Lord, because this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, 3 so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.*,*,*

4 Fathers, don’t stir up anger  * in your children, but bring them up in the training  * and instruction of the Lord.

4 Fathers, don’t stir up anger  * in your children, but bring them up in the training  * and instruction of the Lord.

1 Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,

20 Children,  * obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

21 Fathers,  * do not exasperate  * your children, so that they won’t become discouraged.

6 These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.  *7 Repeat them to your children.  * Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

7 Repeat them to your children.  * Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

40 Keep his statutes and commands, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper and so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you for all time."

28 Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that you and your children after you may prosper forever, because you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

46 he said to them, "Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today,  * so that you may command your children to follow all the words of this law carefully.  *47 For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life,  * and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."

14 Jesus said, "Leave the little children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."*,*

14 Jesus said, "Leave the little children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."*,*

1 At that time  *,* the disciples  * came to Jesus and asked, "So who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? "  *2 He called a small child and had him stand among them. 3 "Truly I tell you," he said, "unless you turn and become like little children,*you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.*4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child — this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

3 "Truly I tell you," he said, "unless you turn and become like little children,*you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.*4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child — this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.5 And whoever welcomes*one child like this in my name welcomes me.

10 "See to it that you don’t despise one of these little ones,*because I tell you that in heaven their angels*continually view the face of my Father in heaven.*,*

25 At that time Jesus said,  *"I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.*

9 Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they will be called sons of God.*

13 People  * were bringing little children  * to him in order that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked  * them. 14 When Jesus saw it, he was indignant  * and said to them, "Let the little children come to me.*Don’t stop*them, because the kingdom of God*belongs to such as these.

36 He took a child,  * had him stand among them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, 37 "Whoever welcomes*one little child such as this in my name*welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me does not welcome me, but him who sent*me."*

52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and with people.  *

15 When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John,*do you love me more than these? "

"Yes, Lord," he said to him, "you know that I love you."

"Feed my lambs," he told him.

12 But to all who did receive  * him,  * he gave them the right  * to be  * children  * of God,  * to those who believe  * in his name,  *

14 For all those led by God’s Spirit  * are God’s sons.  *

15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear.  * Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption,  * by whom we cry out, "Abba,  * Father! "  *

16 The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit  * that we are God’s children,

19 For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation  * for God’s sons  * to be revealed.

26 for through faith you are all sons of God in Christ Jesus.

27 For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ.  *

1 See what great love  * the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children — and we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know him.

2 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed.  * We know that when he appears,  * we will be like him  * because we will see him as he is.  *3 And everyone who has this hope  * in him purifies himself just as he is pure.  *

12 I am writing to you, little children,

since your sins have been forgiven

on account of his name.  *

21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

4 He must manage his own household competently and have his children under control with all dignity.

8 But if anyone does not provide  * for his own family, especially for his own household, he has denied the faith  * and is worse than an unbeliever.

5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:

My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly

or lose heart when you are reproved by him,

6 for the Lord disciplines the one he loves

and punishes every son he receives.*,*

7 Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline — which all receive  *  — then you are illegitimate children and not sons.  *9 Furthermore, we had human fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?  *

11 No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit  * of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.  *

31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved — you and your household."  *

22 Flee  * from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace,  * along with those who call on the Lord  * from a pure heart.

2 What you have heard from me  * in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful  * men  * who will be able to teach others also.

13 Then all your children will be taught by the  Lord,  *

their prosperity will be great,

13 Then all your children will be taught by the  Lord,  *

their prosperity will be great,

19 The living, only the living can thank you,

as I do today;

a father will make your faithfulness known to children.  *

15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child,

or lack compassion for the child of her womb?

Even if these forget,

yet I will not forget you.

16 Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands;  *

your walls are continually before me.

14 After I made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people,  * "Don’t be afraid of them.  * Remember the great and awe-inspiring Lord, and fight for your countrymen, your sons and daughters, your wives and homes."  *

1 The boy Samuel served the Lord in Eli’s presence.  * In those days the word of the Lord was rare and prophetic visions were not widespread.  *

4 I have no greater joy  * than this: to hear that my children  * are walking in truth.

4 I have no greater joy  * than this: to hear that my children  * are walking in truth.

4 We will not hide them from their children,

but will tell a future generation

the praiseworthy acts of the  Lord,

his might, and the wondrous works

he has performed.  *

5 He established a testimony in Jacob

and set up a law in Israel,

which he commanded our ancestors

to teach to their children  *

6 so that a future generation —

children yet to be born — might know.

They were to rise and tell their children  *

7 so that they might put their confidence in God

and not forget God’s works,

but keep his commands.  *