CHILDREN’S CHARACTER BUILDING VERSES:
Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.
Proverbs 22:6-7
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
1 Corinthians 15:33-34
33 Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits."
34 Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God.
THE HISTORY OF THE EARLOBE PIERCING:
The pierced earlobe meant that the slave was set free, but chose to remain in captivity, and work as a slave.
Exodus 21:2-6 LAW CONCERNING SERVANTS
2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.
5 But if the servant plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,'
6 then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
Proverbs 10:1
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
Acts 3:19
Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
Proverbs 1:10-19
10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them, do not consent.
11 If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
12 Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
13 We shall find all kinds of precious possessions, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse" –
15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;
16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird;
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood, they lurk secretly for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.
Ephesians 6:1-3
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
2 "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise:
3 "that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth."
Leviticus 19:28
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.
Proverbs 23:15
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad;
Proverbs 22: 22-24
22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23 For the LORD will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man
Deuteronomy 22:10
You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?
15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them And walk among them.
Deuteronomy 30:7
Also the LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you
Hosea 4:6
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge… Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
Deuteronomy 18:9-12 Avoid Wicked Customs
… you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations.
10 There shall not be found among you anyone…who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD,
Leviticus 20:6-8
6 And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
7 Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.
8 And you shall keep My statutes, and perform them: I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Exodus 20:5
you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the 3 rd and 4 th generations of those who hate Me
Joshua 7:13
…you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.
Genesis 4:10-13
10 The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
11 So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth."
13 And Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear!
Proverbs 7:6-27 THE CRAFTY HARLOT
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice,
7 And saw among the simple, I perceived among the youths, a young man devoid of understanding,
8 Passing along the street near her corner; and he took the path to her house
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.
10 And there a woman met him, with the attire of a harlot, and a crafty heart.
11 She was loud and rebellious, her feet would not stay at home.
12 At times she was outside, at times in the open square, lurking at every corner.
13 So she caught him and kissed him; with an impudent face she said to him:
14 "I have peace offerings with me; today I have paid my vows.
15 So I came out to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
16 I have spread my bed with tapestry, colored coverings of Egyptian linen.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey;
20 He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home on the appointed day."
21 With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with her flattering lips she seduced him.
22 Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
23 Till an arrow struck his liver. as a bird hastens to the snare, he did not know it would cost his life.
24 Now therefore, listen to me, my children; pay attention to the words of my mouth:
25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths;
26 For she has cast down many wounded, and all who were slain by her were strong men.
27 Her house is the way to hell, descending to the chambers of death.
Luke 13:7
'Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?
1 Corinthians 13:1-8 The Greatest Gift, LOVE
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails.
Proverbs 10:12-14
12 Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.
13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, but a rod is for the back of him who is devoid of understanding.
14 Wise people store up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
1 Peter 4:8-10
8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins."
9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
