Fathers and Children
10 passages
- Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Read it in context - Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Read it in context - Malachi 4:6
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
Read it in context - Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Read it in context - 3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Read it in context - Psalm 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Read it in context - Psalm 127:3–5
3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. 4Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. 5Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
Read it in context - Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read it in context - Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Read it in context - Isaiah 54:13
Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
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