![]() Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."ĭeuteronomy 6:6-9 Close Deuteronomy 6:6-9Īnd you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Tie them to your hands as a reminder, and wear them on your forehead. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are away on a journey, when you are lying down and when you are getting up again. Repeat them again and again to your children. "You must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I am giving you today. If they are believers, they also have a duty to pass on their own beliefs to their children: They won't die if you spank them.ĭiscipline is not the whole duty of parents. Physical discipline may well save them from death.ĭon't fail to discipline your children. Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it.ĭirect your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.ĭon't fail to correct your children. To discipline a child produces wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child. To discipline and reprimand a child produces wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by an undisciplined child. If you don't, you will ruin their lives.ĭiscipline your children while there is hope. Those who love their children care enough to discipline them.ĭiscipline your children while there is hope. Those who spare the rod of discipline hate their children. If you refuse to discipline your children, it proves you don't love them if you love your children, you will be prompt to discipline them. What happens to weak-willed parents who can't - or won't - insist on discipline in the home? The Bible gives a painfully realistic answer to that: Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged parents* are the pride of their children. Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged parents are the pride of their children. How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates. Children born to a young man are like arrows in a warrior's hands. ![]() How happy is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.Ĭhildren are a gift from the LORD they are a reward from him. ![]() Children born to a young man are like sharp arrows in a warrior's hands. Whether the family turns out good or bad is, of course, partly the parents' own responsibility.Ĭhildren are a gift from the LORD they are a reward from him. ![]() Hymn-writer John Bowring claimed that "a happy family is an earlier heaven." But other promises are good: Children themselves are a blessing, especially if reared with discipline and kindness. Some promises are bad: Children who go astray can be a terrible burden to bear. You will find many promises in the Bible concerning children. ![]()
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