41 Bible Verses about Nurture

Only watch to thyself and watch thy soul greatly, lest thou. shalt forget the words which thine eyes saw, and lest they shall remove from thy heart all the days of thy life: and make them known to thy sons and to the sons of thy sons. The day thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, in Jehovah saying to me, Gather to me the people and I will cause them to hear my word, that they shall be taught to fear me all the days which they live upon the land; and they shall teach their sons.

Hear, Israel; Jehovah our God is one Jehovah. And love thou Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might And these words which I command thee to do shall be upon thy heart;read more.
And sharpen them to thy sons, and speak in them in thy resting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down and in thy rising up. And bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for bands between thine eyes. And write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates.

And put these words upon your heart and upon your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they were for bands between your eyes. And teach them to your sons to speak in them in thy resting in thy house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up And write them upon the doorposts of thy house and upon thy gates.:read more.
So that your days shall be multiplied, and the days of your sons, upon the land which Jehovah sware to your fathers to give to them, according to the days of the heavens upon the earth.

Straiten to a youth upon the mouth of his way, also when he shall grow old he will not depart from it.

And, fathers, be not angry with your children: but bring them up in the instruction and reminding of the Lord.

Fathers, irritate not your children, lest they be discouraged.

Receiving the report of unfeigned faith in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

And that from infancy thou hast known the holy letters, able to render thee wise to salvation by faith which in Christ Jesus.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and thou shalt not reject the law of thy mother: For they a garland of grace to thy head, and necklaces for thy throat My son, if they sinning shall entice thee, thou shalt not go in.

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commands with thee; To attend to wisdom thou wilt incline thine ear, thy heart to understanding; For if thou will call to understanding, wilt give thy voice to understandingread more.
If thou wilt seek her as silver, and dig for her as hidden treasure; Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and thou shalt find the knowledge of God.

My son, thou shalt not forget my law, and thy heart shall guard my commands: For length of days and years of life, and peace they shall add to thee.

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I gave to you good instruction; ye shall not forsake my law. For I was son to my father; tender and only before the face of my mother.read more.
And he taught me, and he will say to me, Thy heart shall hold fast my words: watch my commands and live.

My son, attend to my wisdom; incline thine ear to understanding: To watch meditation, and thy lips shall guard knowledge.

My son, if thou becamest surety for thy friend, thou didst strike thy hands for a stranger; Thou wert snared with the sayings of thy mouth, thou wert taken with the sayings of thy mouth. Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself when thou camest into the hand of thy friend; go humble thyself and enlarge thy friend.

But we were gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse should cherish her children: So longing for you, we are contented to impart to you, not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because ye are dearly beloved to us. For ye remember, brethren, our fatigue and toil: for also working night and day, not to overload any of you, we proclaimed to you the good news of God.read more.
Ye witnesses, and God, how holily and justly and unblamably we were to you the believing: As ye know how each one of you, as a father his children, comforting and encouraging, and testifying, For you to walk worthy of God, calling you into his kingdom and glory.

Then, when they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yes, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs. Jesus says to him again the second time, Simon of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yes, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my sheep. He says to him the third time, Simon of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved that he said the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.

And when they came to him, he said to them, Ye know, from the first day in which I embarked for Asia, how I was with you all the time Serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, having happened to me by the insidious plots of the Jews: how I concealed nothing of things profitable, not to announce to you, and teach you publicly, and in the houses,

Not shaming you, write I these, but as my beloved children I admonish you. For if ye have ten thousand preceptors in Christ, but not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus by the good news I begat you.

Night and day praying exceedingly to see your face, and to adjust things wanting of your faith?

Holding firmly the faithful word according to instruction, that he may be able also to beseech in sound doctrine, and to refute those opposing.

The elders among you I beseech, a fellow elder, and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a participator of the glory which is about to be revealed: Tend the flock of God which among you, inspecting, not by force, but voluntarily; neither occupied in sordid gain, but of a ready will; Neither as ruling over the portions obtained by lot, but being types of the flock.

The younger men likewise beseech to be of sound mind. Concerning all things hold thyself a type of good works: in doctrine, integrity, gravity, incorruptibility,

Silver or gold, or clothing, of none have I eagerly desired. And ye yourselves know, that to my necessities, and to those being with me, these hands served. I shewed you all things, that so being wearied ye must support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that himself said, It is happy to give rather than receive.

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me. Therefore sent I Timothens to you, who is my beloved child, and faithful in the Lord, who will remind you of all my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in all the churches.

Be ye imitators of me, as I also of Christ.

And what things ye learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, these do; and the God of peace shall be with you.

For our good news was not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much complete certainty; as we know what we were among you for your sake. And ye were imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much pressure, with joy of the Holy Spirit:

And we beseech you, brethren, remind the disorderly, encourage the timid, sustain the weak, and be slow to anger to all. See that any return not evil to any: but always pursue good to one another, and to all.

Him being weak in faith receive ye, not to judgments of conversations.

And see ye lest this your power be a stumble to the weak. For if any one see thee having knowledge reclining in the idol's temple, shall not his consciousness, being weak, be built up to eat the sacrifices to idols; And shall the weak brother be destroyed upon thy knowledge, for whom Christ died?read more.
And so sinning against the brethren, and striking their weak consciousness, ye sin against Christ. Wherefore, if food offend my brother, I will eat no flesh forever, lest I shall offend my brother.

Brethren, if a man be taken in any fault, ye the spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; observing thyself narrowly, lest thou also be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fill up the law of Christ:

Wherefore comfort one another, and build up one another, as also ye do.

The aged women likewise, becoming holy in a serene state of mind, not accusers, not slaves to much wine, teachers of good; That they render the young women discreet, to be lovers of the husband, lovers of the children, Of sound mind chaste, remaining at home, good subordinates to their own husbands, that the word of God be not defamed.

As new born babes, long for the sincere milk pertaining to the word, that ye might be nourished with it:

I have given you milk to drink, and not food; for ye were not able, but neither now are ye yet able.

Brethren, be not children in reflection: but in wickedness act like children, and in reflection be ye perfected.

Of whom great is the word to us, and difficult of interpretation to speak, since ye have been sluggish in the hearing. For also ye ought to be teachers for the time, again ye have need for some one to teach you the elements of the beginning of the sayings of God; and have become those having need of milk, and not of firm food. For every one partaking of milk is inexperienced in the word of justice: for he is a child.read more.
And firm food is of the perfected, of them by habit having the senses exercised for the separation of good and evil.

And grow ye in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him the glory now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

And we all, shown as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, with the face uncovered, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Spirit of the Lord.

And speaking the truth in love, let us grow up into him in all things, who is the head, Christ:

We ought to return thanks to God always for you, brethren, as is fitting, for your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all enlarges to one another;