Scripture offers guidance on nurturing young ones, emphasizing the importance of wise instruction and discipline. According to Proverbs, training a child in the way they should go and withholding discipline can have lasting consequences, as seen in Proverbs 22:6 and 13:24. The apostle Paul instructs fathers in Ephesians 6:4 to bring up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. The book of Proverbs also notes that a child left undisciplined will bring shame to their mother, as stated in Proverbs 29:15, while Deuteronomy 6:7 encourages parents to teach their children about God's commands throughout daily life.
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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.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
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.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
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.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.