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Family,
Children, Responsibilities toward:
Deut 32:46-47
And
he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify
among
you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do,
all
the words of this law.
For
it is not a vain thing for you: because it is your life...
2 Nephi 4:5-6
But
behold, my sons and my daughters, I cannot go down to my grave save I
should
leave a blessing upon you; for behold, I know that if ye are brought up
in the way ye should go ye will not depart from it.
Wherefore,
if ye are cursed, behold, I leave my blessing upon you, that the
cursing
may be taken from you and be answered upon the heads of your parents.
Colossians
3:20-21
Children,
obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the
Lord.
Fathers,
provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
DC 93:36-50
The
glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth.
Light
and truth forsake that evil one.
Every
spirit of man was innocent in the beginning; and God having redeemed
man
from the fall, men became again, in their infant state, innocent before
God.
And
that wicked one cometh and taketh away light and truth, through
disobedience,
from the children of men, and because of the tradition of their fathers.
But
I have commanded you to bring up your children in light and truth.
But
verily I say unto you, my servant Frederick G. Williams, you have
continued
under this condemnation;
You
have not taught your children light and truth, according to the
commandments;
and that wicked one hath power, as yet, over you, and this is the cause
of your affliction.
And
now a commandment I give unto you – if you will be delivered you shall
set in order your own house, for there are many things that are not
right
in your house.
Verily,
I say unto my servant Sidney Rigdon, that in some things he hath not
kept
the commandments concerning his children; therefore, first set in order
thy house.
Verily,
I say unto my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., or in other words, I will
call
you friends, for you are my friends, and ye shall have an inheritance
with
me–
I
called you servants for the world's sake, and ye are their servants for
my sake –
And
now, verily I say unto Joseph Smith, Jun. – You have not kept the
commandments,
and must needs stand rebuked before the Lord;
Your
family must needs repent and forsake some things, and give more earnest
heed unto your sayings, or be removed out of their place.
What
I say unto one I say unto all; pray always lest that wicked one have
power
in you, and remove you out of your place.
My
servant Newel K. Whitney also, a bishop of my church, hath need to be
chastened,
and set in order his family, and see that they are more diligent and
concerned
at home, and pray always, or they shall be removed out of their place.
Family,
Children, Duties of:
Exodus 20:12
Honour
thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land
which
the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs
6:20-23
My
son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy
mother;
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
When
thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee;
and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
For
the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of
instruction
are the way of life.
Luke 2:51-52
And
he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto
them:
but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
And
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Ephesians
6:1-4
Children,
obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Honour
thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
That
it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
And,
ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in
the
nurture and admonition of the Lord.
1 Samuel 3:13
For
I have told him (Eli) that I will judge his house forever for the
iniquity
which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he
restrained
them not.
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