According to Scripture, those who have been blessed with children are entrusted with significant responsibilities. In Ephesians 6:4, fathers are instructed not to exasperate their children, but to bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. The book of Proverbs offers wisdom on parenting, such as training children in the way they should go (Proverbs 22:6) and avoiding a lack of discipline, which can lead to ruin (Proverbs 29:15). Additionally, Colossians 3:21 and 1 Timothy 5:8 emphasize the importance of providing for and not embittering one's children, highlighting the significance of parental care and guidance.
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
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.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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.
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.”
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.