What does the Bible say about children responsibility?
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The Bible teaches that children are a gift from God, called to honor and obey their parents in the Lord, while parents bear the primary responsibility to nurture, discipline, and instruct them in God’s ways. Psalm 127:3 receives children as the Lord’s heritage, and Proverbs 22:6 urges purposeful training. Ephesians 6:1-4 and Colossians 3:20 call children to obedient respect, yet also command fathers not to provoke or discourage them, but to raise them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Wise correction is loving and necessary (Proverbs 29:15). Families should also provide faithfully for their own household (1 Timothy 5:8), reflecting God’s gracious fatherly care.
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- Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Ephesians 6:4
You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Ephesians 6:1-4
[1] Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. [2] "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise: [3] "that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth." [4] You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Psalms 127:3
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Proverbs 29:15
The rod of correction gives wisdom, But a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
- Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
- Ephesians 6:2
"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:
- Colossians 3:21
Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.
- 1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
- 2 Corinthians 12:14
Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
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