role of parents
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4And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.
6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
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.
15If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn, 16and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons: he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn, and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife. 17Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.
24For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.
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.
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.
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just.
24He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
3So I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ. But the head of woman is man. Yet truly, the head of Christ is God.
15The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.