Raising children in a godly manner involves teaching, guiding, and correcting them to help them develop into responsible and faithful adults. According to Proverbs, foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline can drive it far from them, as seen in Proverbs 22:15. The book of Proverbs, such as in 13:24 and 29:17, emphasizes the importance of discipline in childrearing, while Ephesians 6:4 encourages fathers not to exasperate their children, but to bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Hebrews 12:11 notes 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.
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.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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.