Thematic Bible: Parental influence and example


Thematic Bible




Jehovah blessed Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father's early life and did not worship Baal. Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesImitating Good KingsGod With Specific People

As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions; Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesKeep The Commandments!

Jehoshaphat carefully followed the example his father Asa had set and did what Jehovah considered right. Verse ConceptsImitating Good Kings

He did what Jehovah considered right, as his father Amaziah had done. Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesSports

He did what Jehovah considered right, as his father Uzziah had done. Unlike his father, he did not illegally enter Jehovah's Temple. The people continued their corrupt ways. Verse ConceptsImitating Good KingsEntering The Temple

He sinned against Jehovah, following the wicked example of his father Ahab, his mother Jezebel, and King Jeroboam, who had led Israel into sin. Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Examples OfMothers, Responsibilities OfImitating Wicked Kingsjezebel


I said to their children in the desert: Do not live by the laws of your ancestors. Do not obey their rules or dishonor yourselves with their disgusting idols. Verse ConceptsBad ParentsFalse ReligionExamples, Badevil, warnings againstChildren, attitudes towardsNot Imitating EvilPollution ForbiddenAvoiding IdolatryParents Being Wrongstatues

Ahaziah also followed the ways of Ahab's family, because his mother gave him advice that led him to sin. Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Responsibilities OfImitating Wicked Kings

They have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals as their fathers taught them. Verse ConceptsBad ParentsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesHardness Of HeartSuperstitionMisteachingFollowers Of Baalimagination

Jehovah continued: I will not withdraw punishment for the many transgressions of Judah. For they have rejected the Law of Jehovah! They have not kept his statutes. 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