What The Bible Says About Parents


- Receive their children from God
Ge 33:5; 1Sa 1:27; Ps 127:3

THEIR DUTY TO THEIR CHILDREN IS

• To love them
Tit 2:4

• To bring them to Christ
Mt 19:13,14

• To train them up for God
Pr 22:6; Eph 6:4

• To instruct them in God’s word
De 4:9; 11:19; Isa 38:19

• To tell them of God’s judgments
Joe 1:3

• To tell them of the miraculous works of God
Ex 10:2; Ps 78:4

• To command them to obey God
De 32:46; 1Ch 28:9

• To bless them
Ge 48:15; Heb 11:20

• To pity them
Ps 103:13

• To provide for them
Job 42:15; 2Co 12:14; 1Ti 5:8

• To rule them
1Ti 3:4,12

• To correct them
Pr 13:24; 19:18; 23:13; 29:17; Heb 12:7

• Not to provoke them
Eph 6:4; Col 3:21

• Not to make unholy connections for them
Ge 24:1-4; 28:1,2

- Wicked children, a cause of grief to
Pr 10:1; 17:25

SHOULD PRAY FOR THEIR CHILDREN

• For their spiritual welfare
Ge 17:18; 1Ch 29:19

• When in temptation
Job 1:5

• When in sickness
2Sa 12:16; Mr 5:23; Joh 4:46,49

- When Faithful
• Are blessed by their children
Pr 31:28

• Leave a blessing to their children
Ps 112:2; Pr 11:21; Isa 65:23

- Sins of, visited on their children
Ex 20:5; Isa 14:20; La 5:7

- Negligence of, sorely punished
1Sa 3:13

WHEN WICKED

• Instruct their children in evil
Jer 9:14; 1Pe 1:18

• Set a bad example to their children
Eze 20:18; Am 2:4

GOOD – EXEMPLIFIED

• Abraham
Ge 18:19

• Jacob
Ge 44:20,30

• Joseph
Ge 48:13-20

• Mother of Moses
Ex 2:2,3

• Manoah
Jg 13:8

• Hannah
1Sa 1:28

• David
2Sa 18:5,33

• Shunammite
2Ki 4:19,20

• Job
Job 1:5

• Mother of Lemuel
Pr 31:1

• Nobleman
Joh 4:49

• Lois and Eunice
2Ti 1:5

BAD – EXEMPLIFIED

• Mother of Micah
Jg 17:3

• Eli
1Sa 3:13

• Saul
1Sa 20:33

• Athaliah
2Ch 22:3

• Manasseh
2Ch 33:6

• Herodias
Mr 6:24

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