responsibility to children
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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.
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.
21Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.
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.
22You shall not harm a widow or an orphan. 23If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry. 24And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans.
8Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother,
20Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.
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.
6Be anxious about nothing. But in all things, with prayer and supplication, with acts of thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God.
3Behold, the inheritance of the Lord is sons, the reward is the fruit of the womb.
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.
12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
24He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
7Similarly, you husbands should live with them in accord with knowledge, bestowing honor on the female as the weaker vessel and as co-heirs of the life of grace, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
15The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.