children and parents
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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.
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just. 2Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: 3so that it may be well with you, and so that you may have a long life upon the earth. 4And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.
4And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just.
14Behold, this is the third time I have prepared to come to you, and yet I will not be a burden to you. For I am seeking not the things that are yours, but you yourselves. And neither should the children store up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
20Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
24He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
21Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.
3Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.
17Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.
15The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.
8But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.
2Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: 3so that it may be well with you, and so that you may have a long life upon the earth.
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.
8Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother, 9so that grace may be added to your head and a collar to your neck.
16All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,