Bible Verses about “how to train your children”

“Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,”

“You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

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

“Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.”

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”

“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.”

“"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:”

“"that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth."”

“Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.”

“One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.”

“The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.”

“Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.”

“Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.”

“You shall teach them your children, talking 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.”

“For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;”

“that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,”

“that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments,”