8 Bible Verses about Being A Parent
Most Relevant Verses
You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world."
Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. A Song of Ascents.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.
Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.
My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof: for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.
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