1 [A Song of degrees.] Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;
7 and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
28 And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and new wine.
29 Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be they that curse thee, And blessed be they that bless thee.
28 And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.
4 but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to {their} parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
21 A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world.
52 And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.
24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
1 Children, obey your parents in {the} Lord, for this is just.
2 Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,
3 that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth.
14 But Jesus seeing {it}, was indignant, and said to them, Suffer the little children to come to me; forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.
6 Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?
8 But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
15 Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
25 I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:
26 all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.
7 The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his children after him!
6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left {to himself} bringeth his mother to shame.
12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
1 [A Song of degrees.] Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in {the} Lord.
3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.
4 And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the water-courses.
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I hallowed thee, I appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
2 His seed shall be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and {that} my soul knoweth right well.
15 My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all {my members} were written; {during many} days were they fashioned, when {as yet} there was none of them.
3 Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, {and} the fruit of the womb a reward.
4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the gate.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
1 See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called {the} children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
21 Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.
4 And {ye} fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in {the} discipline and admonition of {the} Lord.
4 We will not hide {them} from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.
39 And your little ones, of whom ye said, They shall be a prey, and your children, who this day know neither good nor evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
11 If therefore *ye*, being wicked, know {how} to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?
38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all {their} days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my *God from my mother's belly.
13 Withhold not correction from the child; for {if} thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
14 Thou shalt be blessed above all the peoples; there shall not be male or female barren with thee, or with thy cattle;
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
24 Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee;
25 Jehovah make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;
26 Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
1 The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
13 And all thy children {shall be} taught of Jehovah, and great shall be the peace of thy children.
13 As a father pitieth {his} children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.