Te puremu, te moepuku me ētahi atu hara moepuku Nana, ko tēnei anake taku i kite ai, ara i tika te hanga a te Atua i te tangata, heoi he maha ngā mahi tinihanga i rapua e rātou. Koheleta 7:29
Whakataki : I tehea tau ka tīmata tātou ki te whakaako i ngā tamariki mō ngā hara moepuku? Whakautu: Ina mahi kuware rātou. Kua roa rawa te 18 tau, te 13 rānei tau te pakeke... kua roa rawa te wā. Ko ngā hara moepuku katoa (ko ngā hara katoa) e mahia ana e te pakeke ko ērā kāore i whakaakona, i whakatikatikaina, i whiua rānei i a ia e tamariki ana. Ki te kore koe e whakaako i āu tamariki mō te moepuku, ka whakaakona rātou e tetahi mea, e tetahi atu rānei. Ka whakaakona rātou e te ponokareka. Ā, kāore koe e hiahia ki tēnā. KĀORE KOE E HIAHIATIA ANA! Kei roto i te ngākau o te tamaiti te wairangi... Whakataukī 22:15 He kuware ngā hara moepuku. He kino te wairangi. Ko te pūtake o te kino ko te aroha ki te moni. Nō reira, ko te pūtake o ngā hara moepuku me ngā wairangi katoa ko te aroha ki te moni. Ko te aroha hoki ki te moni te pūtake o ngā kino katoa... 1 Timoti 6:10 Kua hara katoa hoki, ā, kāore e taea e rātou te korōria o te Atua; Roma 3:23 Ki te pupuri hoki tetahi i te ture katoa, a ka takahi i te mea kotahi, kua hara ia i te katoa. Hemi 2:10 Ki te titiro a te tangata, kāore anō te tamaiti kia hara i ngā hara moepuku pērā i te moepuku, te moepuku, te puremu, te moepuku, me ētahi atu. Engari ki te titiro a te Atua, kua hara ia nā te mea kua mahi kē ia i ngā whanonga kuware. Ki te takahi tetahi tangata i te ture a te Atua i te mea kotahi, ahakoa te pakeke, kua hara ia i te katoa. Koia hoki te take kāore e wawe rawa te whakauru i te tamaiti ki tō tātou Ariki, ki tō tātou Kaiwhakaora, ki a IHU KARAITI, te Tama harakore a te Atua, nāna nei i whakatutuki te ture katoa. I whakamatautauria ia i ngā mea katoa (tae atu ki ngā hara moepuku), engari kāore he hara (Hiperu 4:15). Ko ia te mea nui rawa atu o ngā wā katoa. Nā, he taonga tuku iho nā Ihowā ngā tamariki: ko ngā hua o te kōpū he utu ki a ia. Waiata 127:3 Ko te tangata e kaiponu ana i tana whiu, e kino ana ki tāna tama; ko te tangata ia e aroha ana ki a ia, e papaki ana i a ia i ngā wā e tika ana. Whakataukī 13:24 Kei te wehi ki a Ihowā te kaha o te whakaaro nui: ā, ka whai piringa āna tamariki. Whakataukī 14:26 Pakia tāu tama i te mea kei reira te tumanako; kaua hoki tō wairua e manawapa ki tana tangi. Whakataukī 19:18 Whakaakona te tamaiti i te ara e haere ai ia: ā, ka koroheke ia, e kore ia e whakarere i taua mea. Kei roto i te ngākau o te tamaiti te wairangi; engari mā te rakau whiu e pei kia matara atu i a ia. Whakataukī 22:6,15 Kaua e kaiponuhia te whiu ki te tamaiti: ki te whiua hoki ia e koe ki te rakau, e kore ia e mate. Ka whiua ia e koe ki te rakau, ā, ka whakaorangia e koe tōna wairua i te reinga. Whakataukī 23:13-14 Ko te rakau, ko te riri, ka homai te whakaaro nui: ko te tamaiti ia kua mahue ki a ia anō, ka whakama i a ia tōna whaea. Pakia tāu tama, ā ka hoatu e ia he okiokinga ki a koe; āe, ka homai e ia he ahuareka ki tōu wairua. Whakataukī 29:15,17 1