Godly Living's Affect upon Children and Parents
A. Godly Living's Affect upon Children
- Proverbs 3:33,35 (spiritual inheritances)
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The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he
blesseth the habitation of the just. The wise shall inherit
glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
- Proverbs 13:22 (physical inheritances)
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A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children:
and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
- Deuteronomy 4:40 (keeper of God's law--well with
children)
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Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments,
which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee,
and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong
thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for
ever.
- Proverbs 20:7 (righteous--children blessed)
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The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed
after him.
- Deuteronomy 5:29 (keeper of commandments--well with
children)
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O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear
me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well
with them, and with their children for ever!
- Deuteronomy 12:25 (obedient to law--well with children)
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Thou shalt not eat it [blood]; that it may go well with thee,
and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which
is right in the sight of the Lord.
- Deut. 30:1-3 (return to the Lord--bring back children
from captivity)
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And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon
thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee,
and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither
the Lord thy God hath driven thee, and shalt return unto the
Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I
command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine
heart, and with all thy soul; that then the Lord thy God will
turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will
return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord
thy God hath scattered thee.
- Psalm 103:17-18 (fear the Lord--children receive mercy,
righteousness)
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But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's
children; to such as keep his covenant, and to those that
remember his commandments to do them.
- Proverbs 11:21 (righteous--children delivered)
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Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished:
but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
- Deuteronomy 12:28 (obedience to commands--well with
children)
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Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it
may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for
ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight
of the Lord thy God.
- 1 Kings 15:4 (David's righteousness --blessing to son)
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Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a
lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish
Jerusalem.
B. Godly Living's Affect upon Parents
- Deut. 30:1-3 (obey / see to child obedience--bring back
from captivity)
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And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon
thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee,
and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither
the Lord thy God hath driven thee, And shalt return unto the
Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I
command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine
heart, and with all thy soul; that then the Lord thy God will
turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will
return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord
thy God hath scattered thee.
- Proverbs 23: 24-25 (righteous / wise child--rejoicing.)
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The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that
begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy
mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
- Deuteronomy 4:40 (commands kept--prolonged days in land)
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Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments,
which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee,
and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong
thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for
ever.
- See also: VIII C – Results