Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. … Bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe, so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. … Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on 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. … 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. … Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. … My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you.

He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young. … My lord knows that the children are tender.

Pr 22:6, Ep 6:4; De 6:1-2, De 6:5-7, Ge 18:19, De 4:9; Mt 11:25, Ga 4:19; Is 40:11, Ge 33:13

Most of this verse compilation, originally in the King James’ Version, is from: Anne Graham Lotz. Daily Light for Life’s Moments. In: Daily Light for Every Day. J. Countryman. Nashville, TN. 1998.

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