Scripture emphasizes the importance of training and guiding children in the ways of the Lord. According to Proverbs 22:6, teaching children when they are young sets them on a path that will shape their future. The book of Ephesians instructs fathers to bring up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, as seen in Ephesians 6:4. Proverbs also cautions parents against withholding discipline, as Proverbs 13:24 and Proverbs 29:15 warn, while Psalms 127:3 reminds us that children are a blessing from God, deserving of careful nurturing and guidance.
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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.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
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.
These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. 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.
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.”
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.