Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5650 Human relationships » 5664 children » 5668 children, responsibilities to parents Children owe their parents certain important responsibilities, including the duty to honour and obey them. The duties of children towards their parents They are to honour their parents Exodus 20:12 pp Deuteronomy 5:16 See also Proverbs 17:6; Mark 7:10; Ephesians 6:1-3 They are to obey their parents Colossians 3:20-21 See also Ephesians 6:1 They are to behave well Children as a blessing and source of joy to their parents Psalm 127:4-5; Proverbs 23:24 See also Psalm 128:3; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 27:11; Proverbs 29:3; Luke 15:23-24 Children born to barren mothers bring special joy Sarah: Rachel: Manoah's wife: Judges 13:2,24 Hannah: 1 Samuel 1:5,20 Elizabeth: Luke 1:7,24,57 Children as a source of grief and disappointment to their parents Proverbs 17:25 See also 1 Samuel 8:3; Proverbs 17:21; Proverbs 19:13,26; Proverbs 28:7; Proverbs 29:15 The punishment of children The punishment of wicked children Exodus 21:15; Leviticus 20:9; Deuteronomy 21:18-21; Proverbs 30:17; 2 Timothy 3:2 The punishment of children for the sins of their fathers Exodus 20:5-6; Numbers 14:18; Jeremiah 31:29-30 Jeremiah here stresses the importance of individual responsibility in the present crisis without denying the notion of corporate responsibility; Jeremiah 32:18 See also
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