Children are a precious gift from God, as stated in Psalms 127:3-5, where they are compared to arrows in the hand of a warrior. The book of Proverbs offers guidance on raising children, with Proverbs 22:6 advising parents to train them in the way they should go, and Proverbs 17:6 highlighting the importance of grandchildren to their grandparents. Ephesians 6:4 also emphasizes the role of fathers in bringing up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. By following these biblical principles, parents can help their children grow into faithful and responsible individuals.
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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.