^6 (A)Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. ⁷ Only be strong and ^(B)very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law ^(C)that Moses my servant commanded you. ^(D)Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success^[a] wherever you go. ⁸ This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but ^(E)you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. ⁹ Have I not commanded you? ^(F)Be strong and courageous. ^(G)Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Children and Parents

6 ^(A)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ^2 (B)“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), ³ “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” ⁴ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, ^(C)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

^29 (A)Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give ^(B)grace to those who hear. ³⁰ And ^(C)do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, ^(D)by whom you were sealed for the day of ^(E)redemption. ^31 (F)Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. ^32 (G)Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, ^(H)forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

²⁰ Children, obey your parents ^(A)in everything, for this pleases the Lord. ²¹ Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.