8 Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
2 He and all his family were devout and God fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly.
13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
6 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
15 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”
3 Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.
4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.
5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.