The well-being and safety of children are of utmost importance in the eyes of God. Scripture warns against causing harm to children, as seen in Mark 9:42 and Matthew 18:6, where Jesus teaches that harming a child is a serious offense. Ephesians 6:4 and Colossians 3:21 instruct parents to nurture and not exasperate their children, while Proverbs 19:18 encourages discipline that is guided by love and concern for the child's future. By following these teachings, believers can create a safe and supportive environment for children to grow and thrive.
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea.
But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
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.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.