3 Behold, children are a *gift of the Lord,

The fruit of the womb is a reward.

12 When our sons in their youth are like growing plants,

And our daughters like corner pillars *fashioned for a palace,

13 For You created my innermost parts;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will give thanks to You, because *I am awesomely and wonderfully made;

Wonderful are Your works,

And my soul knows it very well.

9 How can a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping it according to Your word.

9 How can a young man keep his way pure?

By keeping it according to Your word.

11 Come, you children, listen to me;

I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

6 Train up a child *in the way he should go,

Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.

6 Train up a child *in the way he should go,

Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.

6 Train up a child *in the way he should go,

Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.

15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;

The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;

The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

24 He who withholds his *rod hates his son,

But he who loves him *disciplines him diligently.

1 A wise son accepts his father’s discipline,

But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

1 My son, do not forget my *teaching,

But have your heart comply with my commandments;

2 For length of days and years of life

And peace they will add to you.

1 My son, do not forget my *teaching,

But have your heart comply with my commandments;

12 For whom the Lord loves He disciplines,

Just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

4 He taught me and said to me,

"Let your heart take hold of my words;

Keep my commandments and live;

5 Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!

Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

15 The rod and a rebuke give wisdom,

But a child *who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;

Though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

22 Listen to your father, who fathered you,

And do not despise your mother when she is old.

23 Buy truth, and do not sell it,

Get wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

26 He who assaults his father and drives his mother away

Is a shameful and disgraceful son.

1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity

Than a person who is perverse in *speech and is a fool.

7 A righteous person who walks in his integrity—

How blessed are his sons after him.

11 It is by his deeds that a boy *distinguishes himself,

If his conduct is pure and right.

25 A foolish son is a grief to his father,

And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

6 Grandchildren are the crown of the old,

And the glory of sons is their fathers.

6 Grandchildren are the crown of the old,

And the glory of sons is their fathers.

5 A fool *rejects his father’s discipline,

But he who complies with rebuke is sensible.

20 A wise son makes a father glad,

But a foolish man despises his mother.

7 He who keeps the Law is a discerning son,

But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

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

And do not ignore your mother’s teaching;

9 For they are a graceful wreath for your head

And necklaces for your neck.

32 "Now then, sons, listen to me,

For blessed are those who keep my ways.

33 "Listen to instruction and be wise,

And do not neglect it.

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may turn out well for you, and that you may live long on the earth.

4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing *to the Lord.

21 Fathers, do not *antagonize your children, so that they will not become discouraged.

6 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 And you shall repeat them diligently to your sons and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.

7 And you shall repeat them diligently to your sons and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.

40 So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am *giving you today, so that it may go well for you and for your children after you, and that you may *live long on the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time."

28 "Be careful and listen to all these words which I am commanding you, so that it may go well for you and your sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

46 he said to them, "Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you will command your sons to *follow carefully, all the words of this Law. 47 For it is not a *trivial matter for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, *which you are about to cross the Jordan to *possess."

14 But Jesus said, "*Leave the children alone, and do not *forbid them to come to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

14 But Jesus said, "*Leave the children alone, and do not *forbid them to come to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

1 At that *time the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" 2 And He called a child to Himself and set him among them, 3 and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you *change and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.4 So whoever will humble himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

3 and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you *change and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.4 So whoever will humble himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.5 And whoever receives one such child in My name, receives Me;

10 "See that you do not look down on one of these little ones; for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.*

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

9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

13 And they were bringing children to Him so that He would touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Allow the children to come to Me; do not *forbid them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

36 And He took a child and placed him among them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, 37 "Whoever *receives *one child like this in My name *receives Me; and whoever *receives Me does not *receive Me, but Him who sent Me."

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

15 Now when they had finished breakfast, Jesus *said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you *love Me more than these?" He *said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I *love You." He *said to him, "Tend My lambs."

12 But *as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who *believe in His name,

14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God.

15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery *leading to fear again, but you have received *a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, "Abba! *Father!"

16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,

19 For the eagerly awaiting creation waits for the revealing of the sons and daughters of God.

26 For you are all sons and daughters of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

1 See *how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know Him.

2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope set on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name.

21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

4 He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity

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

5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,

"My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,

Nor faint when you are punished by Him;

6 For whom the Lord loves He disciplines,

And He punishes every son whom He accepts."

7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we had *earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of *spirits, and live?

11 For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.

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

22 Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

2 The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful *people who will be able to teach others also.

13 "All your sons will be *taught by the Lord;

And the well-being of your sons will be great.

13 "All your sons will be *taught by the Lord;

And the well-being of your sons will be great.

19 "It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;

A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child

And have no compassion on the son of her womb?

Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.

16 "Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;

Your walls are continually before Me.

14 When I saw their fear, I stood and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: "Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses."

1 Now the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the Lord before Eli. And word from the Lord was rare in those days; *visions were infrequent.

4 I have no greater joy than *this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

4 I have no greater joy than *this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

4 We will not conceal them from their children,

But we will tell the generation to come the praises of the Lord,

And His power and His wondrous works that He has done.

5 For He established a testimony in Jacob,

And appointed a law in Israel,

Which He commanded our fathers

That they were to *teach them to their children,

6 So that the generation to come would know, the children yet to be born,

That they would arise and tell them to their children,

7 So that they would put their confidence in God

And not forget the works of God,

But comply with His commandments,