Genesis 18:19
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For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”