Scripture emphasizes the importance of training and instructing children in the ways of the Lord. According to Proverbs, teaching children when they are young sets them on a path that will guide them for a lifetime, as seen in Proverbs 22:6 and reinforced by Proverbs 20:11. In Ephesians 6:4, fathers are encouraged to bring up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, while Deuteronomy 11:19 highlights the need to teach children about God's commands and ways. Isaiah 54:13 also promises that all children will be taught by the Lord, emphasizing the role of spiritual education in their development.
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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
Even a young man is known by his actions— whether his conduct is pure and upright.
Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
But as for you, continue in the things you have learned and firmly believed, since you know from whom you have learned them. From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.