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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