Study Desk

Teach your children right from wrong, and when they are grown they will still do right.

All children are foolish, but firm correction will make them change.

-12- Don't fail to correct your children. You won't kill them by being firm,

-13- My children, if you show good sense, I will be happy,

-15- Listen to me, my children! Be wise and have enough sense to follow the right path.

-26- Honey is good for you, my children, and it tastes sweet.

-30- My children, you must respect the Lord and the king, and you must not make friends with anyone who rebels against either of them.

Correct your children, and they will be wise; children out of control disgrace their mothers.

If you correct your children, they will bring you peace and happiness.

Her children praise her, and with great pride her husband says,

Suddenly they lose everything in a bad business deal, then have nothing to leave for their children.

You may live a long time and have a hundred children. But a child born dead is better off than you, unless you enjoy life and have a decent burial.

The Lord has said, "Listen, heaven and earth! The children I raised have turned against me.

He will let children and babies become your rulers.

Though you are God's people, you are ruled and abused by women and children. You are confused by leaders who guide you down the wrong path.

My children and I are warning signs to Israel from the Lord All-Powerful, who lives on Mount Zion.

Leopards will lie down with young goats, and wolves will rest with lambs. Calves and lions will eat together and be cared for by little children.

Little children will play near snake holes. They will stick their hands into dens of poisonous snakes and never be hurt.

They will see their children beaten against rocks, their homes robbed, and their wives abused.

Their arrows will slaughter the young men; no pity will be shown to babies and children.