Scripture emphasizes the importance of providing for one's children as a fundamental aspect of parental responsibility. In 1 Timothy, the apostle Paul instructs that those who do not provide for their relatives, especially their own households, have denied the faith. The Bible also teaches that children are a blessing from God, as seen in Psalms 127:3, and that parents have a duty to train them in the ways of the Lord, as Proverbs 22:6 advises. Additionally, 2 Corinthians 12:14 reminds parents that they have a responsibility to care for their children, just as the Lord cares for His people.
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If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.