Thematic Bible: Parental influence and example


Thematic Bible




The LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals, Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesImitating Good KingsGod With Specific People

And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules, Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesKeep The Commandments!

He walked in the way of Asa his father and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD. Verse ConceptsImitating Good Kings

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesSports

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD according to all that his father Uzziah had done, except he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still followed corrupt practices. Verse ConceptsImitating Good KingsEntering The Temple

He did what was evil in the sight of the LORDand walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Examples OfMothers, Responsibilities OfImitating Wicked Kingsjezebel

Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter." Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Examples OfInciting To EvilSkullsPots For Cooking And Eating

"And I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor keep their rules, nor defile yourselves with their idols. Verse ConceptsBad ParentsFalse ReligionExamples, Badevil, warnings againstChildren, attitudes towardsNot Imitating EvilPollution ForbiddenAvoiding IdolatryParents Being Wrongstatues

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly. Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Responsibilities OfImitating Wicked Kings

but have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them. Verse ConceptsBad ParentsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesHardness Of HeartSuperstitionMisteachingFollowers Of Baalimagination

Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked. Verse ConceptsAncestorsBad ParentsFalse GodsGuidance, Need For God'sRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBreaking God's Law

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