5666 children, needs of
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Children need love, affection, discipline and guidance from their parents. This is shown through teaching, training, discipline, the meeting of material needs and the provision of a personal example of faith.

Teaching children

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 See also Exodus 10:2; Exodus 12:26-27; Exodus 13:14-15; Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 6:20-21; Deuteronomy 11:19; Proverbs 1:8; Isaiah 38:19; Joel 1:3

Training children

Proverbs 22:6; Ephesians 6:4 See also Deuteronomy 31:12-13; Joshua 8:35; 2 Kings 12:2; Psalm 34:11; Psalm 78:5; Proverbs 3:1

Disciplining children

Proverbs 13:24; Hebrews 12:7-11 See also Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 23:13; Proverbs 29:15,17; 1 Timothy 3:4,12

Lack of discipline

1 Samuel 3:13; 1 Kings 1:6

Good examples set for children by parents

David:

1 Kings 9:4; 2 Chronicles 17:3 2 Chronicles 26:4 Amaziah

Lois and Eunice:

2 Timothy 1:5; Timothy 3:15

Bad examples set for children by parents

Ahab and Jezebel:

1 Kings 22:52; 2 Chronicles 22:3; Jeremiah 9:14 Matthew 14:8 Herodias

Provision and care for children

Matthew 7:9-11 pp Luke 11:11-13 See also 1 Samuel 2:19; Proverbs 31:15,21; 2 Corinthians 12:14

Love for children

Titus 2:4 See also Genesis 37:3 Jacob's special love for Joseph

Jacob's love for Benjamin:

Genesis 44:20,29-31 2 Samuel 18:33 David's love for Absalom; Luke 15:20 the father's love for the prodigal son

See also

5218  authority in home
5680  family
5731  parents
7797  teaching
8230  discipline
8313  nurture
8753  favouritism



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