Raising children in a godly manner is a significant responsibility, with Scripture offering guidance on the importance of discipline. The book of Proverbs emphasizes the need for parents to correct their children, as seen in Proverbs 13:24 and Proverbs 23:13-15, which highlight the consequences of withholding discipline. According to Proverbs 22:6, training children in the way they should go will have a lasting impact on their lives. The New Testament also addresses this topic, with Ephesians 6:4 urging fathers not to exasperate their children, and Hebrews 12:11 noting that discipline, though painful, yields a harvest of righteousness and peace.
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He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol. My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live? Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.