Child Support

5 passages

1. 1 Timothy 5:8

   If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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2. 2 Corinthians 12:14

   See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

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3. Zechariah 11:17

   Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”

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4. Proverbs 22:6

   Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

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5. Psalm 127:3

   Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

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