The bond between grandparents and grandchildren is a special one, rooted in love and wisdom. Grandparents have a wealth of life experiences to share. Their unconditional love brings grandchild joy and purpose, a chance to make new memories.
Grandparents play an important role in religious education. They teach grandchildren about God’s faithfulness and share stories that illustrate biblical truth. Grandparents’ godly living, advice and guidance help grandchildren overcome life’s challenges. The Bible praises those who respect the elderly.
Dear friends, may we cherish the bond between young and old. Let us embrace new ideas as well as learn from those with life experience. In this way, families and communities will be stronger for generations to come.
Proverbs 17:6
“Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers”
Proverbs 13:22
“A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just”
Exodus 20:12
“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee”
Deuteronomy 4:9
“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons”
Psalm 78:4
“We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord , and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done”
Psalm 127:3
“Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward”
Psalm 128:6
“Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel”
Proverbs 22:6
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it”
2 Timothy 1:5
“When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also”
Deuteronomy 6:2
“That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged”
Deuteronomy 11:19
“And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up”
Proverbs 20:29
“The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head”
Psalm 71:18
“Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come”
1 Timothy 5:1-2
“Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity”
1 Peter 5:5
“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble”
Ephesians 6:1-3
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth”
Colossians 3:20
“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord”
Acts 2:39
“For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call”
1 Thessalonians 2:11
“As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children”
1 Timothy 3:4-5
“One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”
1 Timothy 5:10
“Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work”
2 Timothy 3:15
“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus”
