Children, Good.

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The Lord is with. 1 Sam. 3:19¹⁹And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. (1 Samuel 3:19).

Know the Scriptures. 2 Tim. 3:15¹⁵And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15).

Observe the law of God. Prov. 28:7⁷Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. (Proverbs 28:7).

Their obedience to parents is well pleasing to God. Col. 3:20²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. (Colossians 3:20).

Partake of the promises of God. Acts 2:39³⁹For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. (Acts 2:39).

Shall be blessed. Prov. 3:1-4¹My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: ²For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. ³Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: ⁴So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. (Proverbs 3:1‑4). Eph. 6:2, 3²Honor thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) ³That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (Ephesians 6:2‑3).

Show love to parents. Gen. 46:29²⁹And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. (Genesis 46:29).

Obey parents. Gen. 28:7⁷And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; (Genesis 28:7). Gen. 47:30³⁰But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. (Genesis 47:30).

Attend to parental teaching. Prov. 13:1¹A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. (Proverbs 13:1).

Take care of parents. Gen. 45:9, 11⁹Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: (Genesis 45:9)
¹¹And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. (Genesis 45:11). Gen. 47:12¹²And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. (Genesis 47:12).

Make their parents' hearts glad. Pro. 10:1¹The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. (Proverbs 10:1). Pro. 29:17¹⁷Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. (Proverbs 29:17).

Honor the aged. Job. 32:6, 7.

Adduced as a motive for submission to God. Heb. 12:9⁹Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? (Hebrews 12:9).

Spirit of, a requisite for the kingdom of heaven. Mat. 18:3.

Illustrative of a teachable spirit. Mat. 18:4.

Exemplified. Isaac, Gen. 22:6-10⁶And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. ⁷And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? ⁸And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. ⁹And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. ¹⁰And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. (Genesis 22:6‑10). Joseph, Gen. 45:9⁹Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: (Genesis 45:9). Gen. 46:29²⁹And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. (Genesis 46:29). Jephthath's daughter, Jud. 11:34,

36. Samson, Jud. 13:24. Samuel, 1 Sam. 3:19. Obadiah, 1 Kings 18:12¹²And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth. (1 Kings 18:12). Josiah, 2 Chr. 34:3³For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. (2 Chronicles 34:3). Esther,

Est. 2:20. Job, Job 29:4⁴As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; (Job 29:4). David, 1 Sam. 17:20²⁰And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. (1 Samuel 17:20). Psa. 71:5⁵For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth. (Psalm 71:5). Daniel, Dan. 1:6⁶Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: (Daniel 1:6). John the Baptist, Luke

1:80. Children in the Temple, Mat. 21:15, 16. Timothy, 2 Tim. 3:15¹⁵And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15).

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