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BIBLE VERSES ABOUT PARENTS
This [day in which God has saved me] is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who gave birth to you rejoice [in your wise and godly choices].
Grandchildren are the crown of aged men, And the glory of children is their fathers [who live godly lives].
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine Within the innermost part of your house; Your children will be like olive plants Around your table.
Behold, for so shall the man be blessed and divinely favored Who fears the Lord [and worships Him with obedience].
Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the Lord, The fruit of the womb a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.
How blessed [happy and fortunate] is the man whose quiver is filled with them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies [in gatherings] at the [city] gate.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who sires a wise child will have joy in him.
Your father Abraham [greatly] rejoiced to see My day (My incarnation). He saw it and was delighted.”
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my [spiritual] children are living [their lives] in the truth.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth.
How blessed [happy and fortunate] is the man whose quiver is filled with them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies [in gatherings] at the [city] gate.
Now thanks be to God for His indescribable gift [which is precious beyond words]!
Train up a child in the way he should go [teaching him to seek God’s wisdom and will for his abilities and talents], Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish [stubborn] son [who refuses to learn] is a grief to his mother.
Discipline and teach your son while there is hope, And do not [indulge your anger or resentment by imposing inappropriate punishment nor] desire his destruction.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline [correction administered with godly wisdom and lovingkindness] will remove it far from him.
He who keeps the law [of God and man] is a wise and discerning son, But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father [and himself].
Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or exasperate your children [with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by favoritism or indifference; treat them tenderly with lovingkindness], so they will not lose heart and become discouraged or unmotivated [with their spirits broken].