Raising children is a sacred responsibility, and the Bible provides guidance on how to nurture them in the ways of the Lord. According to Proverbs 22:6, teaching children in the way they should go will have a lasting impact on their lives. The book of Ephesians instructs fathers to bring up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, as seen in Ephesians 6:4. Proverbs 23:13-14 and 29:15 emphasize the importance of discipline and correction, while Psalms 127:3 reminds us that children are a heritage from the Lord, deserving of love, care, and spiritual training.
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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.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
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.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
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.
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.