child rearing
What does the Bible say about child rearing? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
4And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.
3Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.
24He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
15The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.
21Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.
6And these words, which I instruct to you this day, shall be in your heart. 7And you shall explain them to your sons. And you shall meditate upon them sitting in your house, and walking on a journey, when lying down and when rising up.
17Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.
13Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. 14You will strike him with the rod, and so shall you deliver his soul from Hell.
15Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.
3Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb. 4Like arrows in the hand of the powerful, so are the sons of those who have been cast out. 5Blessed is the man who has filled his desire from these things. He will not be confounded when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.
20Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
17Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death.
19You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger. 20For the anger of man does not accomplish the justice of God.
4‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever will have cursed father or mother shall die a death.’
5And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.” 6For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges. 7Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct? 8But if you are without that discipline in which all have become sharers, then you are of adultery, and you are not sons. 9Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live? 10And indeed, for a few days and according to their own wishes, they instructed us. But he does so to our benefit, so that we may receive his sanctification.