Luke
18:15-16 (AMP)
Now
they were also bringing [even] babies to Him that He might touch
them, and when the disciples noticed it, they reproved them. But
Jesus called them [the parents] to Him, saying, Allow the little
children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for to such [as
these] belongs the kingdom of God.
Joshua
24:15 (AMP)
..But
as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
1 Timothy 3:4 (AMP)
He
must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his
children submissive...
Proverbs
22:6 (AMP)
Train
up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his
individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from
it.
Psalm
127:3 (AMP)
Behold,
children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a
reward.
Ephesians
6:4 (AMP)
Fathers,
do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the
discipline and instruction of the Lord.
1
Corinthians 13:3-8 (AMP)
Even
if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if
I surrender my body to be burned or in order that I may glory, but
have not love (God’s love in me), I gain nothing. Love endures long
and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with
jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself
haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it
is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s
love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it
is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it
takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a
suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and
unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love
bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to
believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all
circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. Love
never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end].
As for prophecy (he gift of interpreting the divine will and
purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they
will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it
will lose its value and be superseded by truth].
