“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”

“Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.”

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”

“Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)”

“That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.”

“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”

“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.”

“Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.”

“Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.”

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”

“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:”

“And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”