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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
• —Jud 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
• —Jud 17:3
• Eli
• —1Sa 3:13
• Saul
• —1Sa 20:33
• Athaliah
• —2Ch 22:3
• Manasseh
• —2Ch 33:6
• Herodias
• —Mr 6:24