Scripture offers guidance on raising children, emphasizing the importance of teaching and training them in the ways of the Lord. According to Proverbs 22:6, parents are to "train up a child in the way he should go," and Ephesians 6:4 instructs fathers not to provoke their children to anger, but to bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. The book of Proverbs also advises parents to discipline their children, as seen in Proverbs 23:13-14 and Proverbs 29:15, which warns against sparing the rod. Deuteronomy 6:7 encourages parents to teach their children about God's commands and ways, making faith a central part of their upbringing.
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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.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
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.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
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.