how to train your children
What does the Bible say about how to train your children? 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.
19Teach your sons to meditate on them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down or rise up.
15The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.
17Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.
24He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
5And he has received testimony with Jacob, and he has set a law within Israel. Such great things, he has commanded our fathers, so as to make these things known to their sons, 6so that another generation might know them, and so that the sons, who will be born and who will grow up, shall describe them to their sons. 7So then, may they put their hope in God, and may they not forget the works of God, and may they seek his commandments.
15Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.
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.
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.
2Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise:
16All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,
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.