Proverbs 4:1
KJV—Hear, ye children, the instruction of
a father, and attend to know understanding.

NKJV—Hear, my children, the instruction
of a father, and give attention to know
understanding.

NIV—Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.

Proverbs 6:20-22
KJV—My son, keep thy father’s commandment,
and forsake not the law of thy
mother: Bind them continually upon thine
heart, and tie them about thy neck. When
thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou
sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when
thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

NIV—My son, keep your father’s commands
and do not forsake your mother’s
teaching. Bind them upon your heart forever;
fasten them around your neck. When
you walk, they will guide you; when you
sleep, they will watch over you; when you
awake, they will speak to you.

Amp—My son, keep your father’s [Godgiven]
commandment, and forsake not
the law of [God] your mother [taught you].
Bind them continually upon your heart,
and tie them about your neck. When you
go, [the Word of your parents’ God] it
shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall
keep you, and when you waken, it shall
talk with you.

Proverbs 13:1
KJV—A wise son heareth his father’s
instruction.

NKJV—A wise son heeds his father’s
instruction.

Proverbs 15:5
KJV—A fool despiseth his father’s instruction:
but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

NKJV—A fool despises his father’s instruction,
but he who receives correction is prudent.

NIV—A fool spurns his father’s discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows
prudence.

Proverbs 20:11
KJV—Even a child is known by his doings,
whether his work be pure, and
whether it be right.

NIV—Even a child is known by his actions,
by whether his conduct is pure and right.

Amp—Even a child is known by his acts,
whether or not what he does is pure and right.

Proverbs 23:22
KJV—Hearken unto thy father that begat
thee, and despise not thy mother when
she is old.

NKJV—Listen to your father who begot
you, and do not despise your mother
when she is old.

NIV—Listen to your father, who gave you
life, and do not despise your mother when
she is old.

Gloria Copeland

Proverbs 13:24
KJV—He that spareth his rod hateth his
son: but he that loveth him chasteneth
him betimes [quickly].

NKJV—He who spares his rod hates his
son, but he who loves him disciplines him
promptly.

NIV—He who spares the rod hates his
son, but he who loves him is careful to
discipline him.

Amp—He who spares his rod [of discipline]
hates his son, but he who loves him diligently
disciplines and punishes him early.

Proverbs 19:18
KJV—Chasten thy son while there is hope,
and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

NKJV—Chasten your son while there is
hope, and do not set your heart on his
destruction.

NIV—Discipline your son, for in that
there is hope; do not be a willing party to
his death.

Amp—Discipline your son while there is
hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments
by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin.

Proverbs 22:6
KJV—Train up a child in the way he
should go: and when he is old, he will not
depart from it.

NIV—Train a child in the way he should
go, and when he is old he will not turn
from it.

Amp—Train up a child in the way he
should go [and in keeping with his individual
gift or bent], and when he is old he
will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:15
KJV—Foolishness is bound up in the
heart of a child; the rod of correction will
drive it far from him.

NIV—Folly is bound up in the heart of a
child, but the rod of discipline will drive it
far from him.

Proverbs 23:13-14
NIV—Do not withhold discipline from a
child; if you punish him with the rod, he
will not die. Punish him with the rod and
save his soul from death.

Proverbs 23:24-25
KJV—The father of the righteous shall
greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a
wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father
and thy mother shall be glad, and she that
bare thee shall rejoice.

NKJV—The father of the righteous will
greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise
child will delight in him. Let your father
and your mother be glad, and let her who
bore you rejoice.

NIV—The father of a righteous man has
great joy; he who has a wise son delights
in him. May your father and mother be
glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice!

Gloria Copeland

1 Samuel 1:27-28

KJV—For this child I prayed; and the
Lord hath given me my petition which I
asked of him: Therefore also I have lent
him to the Lord; as long as liveth he shall
be lent to the Lord.

NIV—I prayed for this child, and the Lord
has granted me what I asked of him. So
now I give him to the Lord. For his whole
life he will be given over to the Lord.

NAS—For this boy I prayed, and the Lord
has given me my petition which I asked of
Him. So I have also dedicated him to the
Lord; as long as he lives he is dedicated
to the Lord.

Psalm 113:9

KJV—He maketh the barren woman to
keep house, and to be a joyful mother of
children.

NIV—He settles the barren woman in her
home as a happy mother of children.

Amp—He makes the barren woman to
be a homemaker, and a joyful mother of…
children.

Luke 1:36-37

KJV—And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth,
she hath also conceived a son in her old
age: and this is the sixth month with
her, who was called barren. For with God
nothing shall be impossible.

NIV—Even Elizabeth your relative is going
to have a child in her old age, and she who
was said to be barren is in her sixth month.
For nothing is impossible with God.

Weymouth—And see, your relative
Elizabeth—she also has conceived a son in
her old age; and this is the sixth month with
her who was called barren. For no promise
from God will be impossible of fulfillment.

Hebrews 11:11

KJV—Through faith also Sarah herself
received strength to conceive seed, and
was delivered of a child when she was
past age, because she judged him faithful
who had promised.

Amp—Because of faith also Sarah herself
received physical power to conceive
a child, even when she was long past the
age for it, because she considered [God]
Who had given her the promise, reliable
and trustworthy and true to His word.

Weymouth—Through faith even Sarah
herself received strength to become a
mother—although she was past the time
of life for this—because she judged Him
faithful who had given the promise.

Genesis 18:19
KJV—For I know him, that he will command
his children and his household after
him, and they shall keep the way of the
Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the
Lord may bring upon Abraham that which
he hath spoken of him.

NKJV—For I have known him, in order
that he may command his children and
his household after him, that they keep
the way of the Lord, to do righteousness
and justice, that the Lord may bring to
Abraham what He has spoken to him.

NIV—For I have chosen him, so that he
will direct his children and his household
after him to keep the way of the Lord by
doing what is right and just, so that the
Lord will bring about for Abraham what he
has promised him.

Gloria Copeland