- Ephesians 6:1-4 (children obey and honor)
- Psalm 78:5-8 (that the generation to come might know)
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (love is patient, kind, does not envy... love bears, believes, hopes, and endures)
- 1 John 4:19-21 (We love because he first loved us)
- Joshua 1:9 (be strong and courageous)
- Deuteronomy 11:18‐19 (take My words… teach your children)
- Colossians 4:6 (speech with grace, seasoned with salt)
- Proverbs 3:12 (whom the Lord loves He reproves even as a father)
- 1 Corinthians 4:15‐16 (I’m your spiritual father; be imitators of me)
- Colossians 3:21 (fathers, do not exasperate your children)
- Deuteronomy 6:1‐7 (teach them diligently to your children)
- Proverbs 22:15 (folly is bound up in the heart of a child)
- Proverbs 3:5‐6 (trust in the Lord with all your heart)
- 1 Timothy 5:8 (he who does not provide for his own household)
- Philippians 4:11‐13 (content in all circumstances; I can do all things through Christ)
- Ephesians 4:14-16 (mature man, no longer tossed like children)
- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (act like men, be strong; do all in love)
- Psalm 127 (unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain)