Ephesians 6:4

Children And Parents

³ so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. ⁴ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. ⁵ Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

Fear of the Lord

Deuteronomy 6:7

You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Colossians 3:21

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son while there is hope,
And do not desire his death.

Genesis 18:19

For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”

Deuteronomy 4:9

“Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons.

Proverbs 29:15

The rod and reproof give wisdom,
But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother.

Proverbs 29:17

Correct your son, and he will give you comfort;
He will also delight your soul.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

Proverbs 23:13-14

Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

2 Timothy 3:15

and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Exodus 12:26-27

And when your children say to you, ‘What does this rite mean to you?’

Deuteronomy 6:20-24

“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the Lord our God commanded you?’

Joshua 4:6-7

Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

Joshua 24:15

If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

1 Chronicles 22:10-13

He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

1 Chronicles 28:9-10

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

1 Chronicles 28:20

Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and act; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.

Psalm 71:17-18

O God, You have taught me from my youth,
And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.

Proverbs 4:1-4

Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father,
And give attention that you may gain understanding,

Isaiah 38:19

“It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;
A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.

Hebrews 12:7-10

It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Genesis 31:14-15

Rachel and Leah said to him, “Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?

Exodus 13:14-15

And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

Deuteronomy 11:19-21

You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up.

Joshua 4:21-24

He said to the sons of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’

1 Samuel 20:30-34

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

1 Chronicles 29:19

and give to my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do them all, and to build the temple, for which I have made provision.”

Psalm 78:4-7

We will not conceal them from their children,
But tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done.

2 Timothy 1:5

For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.