fathers

¹³As a father is compassionate to his sons, so has the Lord been compassionate to those who fear him.

⁴And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.

¹¹My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him. ¹²For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over.

²¹Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.

⁶The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.

²⁴The father of the just exults in gladness; he who has conceived the wise will rejoice in him.

⁶And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with anathema.

³Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb. ⁴Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out. ⁵Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.

²²Listen to your father, who conceived you. And do not despise your mother, when she is old.

²⁶In the fear of the Lord is the faithfulness of strength, and there shall be hope for his sons.

¹⁵But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

¹²Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

⁷The just who walks in his simplicity shall leave behind him blessed sons.