Parents' loving, corrective training of their children, by verbal instruction and punishments, so that they grow up in the way God wants.

Hebrews 12:7

Parents are to discipline their children

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Deuteronomy 8:5
Hebrews 12:9-11
Proverbs 13:24

Parents discipline out of love for their children

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Proverbs 3:12
Proverbs 22:6

The means of parental discipline

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Training

Genesis 18:19
Deuteronomy 6:7
Proverbs 29:17
Ephesians 6:4
Colossians 3:21
Proverbs 22:15

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Correction

Proverbs 19:18; 23:13-14; 29:15
Ephesians 6:4

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Verbal instruction

Deuteronomy 4:9; 6:7,20-25; 11:19; 31:13
Psalms 78:5
Proverbs 1:8; 6:20
2 Timothy 3:15
Proverbs 23:13-14

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Punishment

Proverbs 22:15; 29:15
Proverbs 29:15

The purpose of parental discipline is to impart wisdom

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Proverbs 19:18; 22:15; 29:17
Hebrews 12:9,11
1 Samuel 3:13

Examples of parents who neglected discipline

Eli

1 Kings 1:5-6

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David

5667 children, responsibilities to God
5680 family
5688 firstborn
5719 mothers, responsibilities
5731 parents
8476 self-discipline