the living

Psalm 146:2
I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

John 9:4
While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

the father

Genesis 18:19
For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised."

Exodus 12:26, 27
When your children ask you, 'What does this service mean to you?' . . .

Exodus 13:14, 15
In the future, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you are to tell him, 'With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. . . .

Deuteronomy 4:9
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

Deuteronomy 6:7
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Joshua 4:21, 22
Then Joshua said to the Israelites, "In the future, when your children ask their fathers, 'What is the meaning of these stones?' . . .

Psalm 78:3-6
that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. . . .

Psalm 145:4
One generation will commend Your works to the next, and they shall proclaim Your mighty acts,

Joel 1:3
Tell your children about it, and let your children tell their children--and their children, the next generation.