What does the Bible say about parents and children?
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The Bible teaches that parents are called to nurture, instruct, and lovingly discipline their children in the Lord, while children are called to honor and obey their parents. Proverbs 22:6 commends purposeful training, and Proverbs 1:8-9 portrays parental instruction as a gift of wisdom. Discipline is meant to correct foolishness and cultivate life, not to vent anger or control harshly, as Proverbs 13:24, 22:15, and 29:15-17 show. Fathers especially must not provoke or discourage their children, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21). Children honor God by honoring parents, a command joined to God’s promise of blessing (Exodus 20:12; Ephesians 6:1).
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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.
- Colossians 3:21
Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.
- Exodus 20:12
"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Proverbs 13:24
One who spares the rod hates his son, But one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
- Proverbs 22:15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: The rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- Proverbs 29:15
The rod of correction gives wisdom, But a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
- Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Proverbs 1:8-9
[8] My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching: [9] For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck.
- Proverbs 29:17
Correct your son, and he will give you peace; Yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
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