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For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him."
Genesis Chapter 18: Verse 19
"Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants.
When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony.
And when your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?'
Exodus Chapter 12: Verses 24 - 26
Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.
On that day tell your son, 'I do this because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For the LORD brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.
Exodus Chapter 13: Verses 7 - 9
And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?
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.
Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, "Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children."
Deuteronomy Chapter 4: Verses 8 - 10
These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
Deuteronomy Chapter 6: Verses 6 - 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.
Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,
Deuteronomy Chapter 11: Verses 18 - 20
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, 'What do these stones mean?'
tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever."
Joshua Chapter 4: Verses 6 - 7
He said to the Israelites, "In the future when your descendants ask their fathers, 'What do these stones mean?'
tell them, 'Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.'
For the LORD your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The LORD your God did to the Jordan just what he had done to the Red Sea when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over.
He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the LORD is powerful and so that you might always fear the LORD your God."
Joshua Chapter 4: Verses 21 - 24
Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
Psalms Chapter 34: Verses 11 - 13
what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us.
We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.
He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,
so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.
Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
They would not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
Psalms Chapter 78: Verses 3 - 8
One generation will commend your works to another; they will tell of your mighty acts.
Psalms Chapter 145: Verse 4
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.
Proverbs Chapter 13: Verse 24
Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Proverbs Chapter 22: Verse 6
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
Proverbs Chapter 22: Verse 15
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.
Proverbs Chapter 23: Verses 13 - 14
The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Proverbs Chapter 29: Verse 15
Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.
Proverbs Chapter 29: Verse 17
The living, the living,they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness.
Isaiah Chapter 38: Verse 19
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.Slaves and Masters
Ephesians Chapter 6: Verse 4
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