What does the Bible say about parents responsibilities?
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The Bible teaches that parents are called to provide for, lovingly instruct, and wisely discipline their children in the fear and nurture of the Lord, without provoking or discouraging them. Ephesians 6:4 charges fathers especially to bring children up in the Lord’s discipline and instruction, while Colossians 3:21 warns against harshness that crushes their hearts. Proverbs commends faithful training, correction, and loving discipline, trusting God to use ordinary parental care to form wisdom and restrain folly. Parents are also responsible to provide for their households, as 1 Timothy 5:8 teaches. Though children must obey their parents, parental authority is a stewardship under God, to be exercised with patience, prayer, tenderness, and confidence in Christ’s grace.
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- Ephesians 6:4
You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
- 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.
- 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 13:24
One who spares the rod hates his son, But one who loves him is careful to discipline him.
- Proverbs 23:13-14
[13] Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. [14] Punish him with the rod, And save his soul from Sheol.
- Proverbs 29:17
Correct your son, and he will give you peace; Yes, he will bring delight to your soul.
- 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.
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