Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, (A)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

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15 (A)The rod and reproof give wisdom,
    but a child left to himself (B)brings shame to his mother.

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18 (A)Discipline your son, for there is hope;
    do not set your heart on (B)putting him to death.

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(A)Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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(A)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

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15 and how (A)from childhood you have been acquainted with (B)the sacred writings, (C)which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

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17 (A)Discipline your son, and he will give you rest;
    he will give delight to your heart.

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19 For I have (A)chosen[a] him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:19 Hebrew known

13 Do not withhold (A)discipline from a child;
    (B)if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 If you strike him with the rod,
    you will (C)save his soul from Sheol.

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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but (A)the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

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(A)“Only take care, and (B)keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. (C)Make them known to your children and your children's children—

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I am reminded of (A)your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and (B)your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.

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A Father's Wise Instruction

(A)Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
    and be attentive, that you may (B)gain[a] insight,
for I give you good (C)precepts;
    do not forsake my teaching.
When I was a son with my father,
    (D)tender, (E)the only one in the sight of my mother,
he (F)taught me and said to me,
(G)“Let your heart hold fast my words;
    (H)keep my commandments, and live.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:1 Hebrew know

We will not (A)hide them from their children,
    but (B)tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
    and (C)the wonders that he has done.

He established (D)a testimony in (E)Jacob
    and appointed a law in (F)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
    to teach to their children,
that (G)the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
    so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget (H)the works of God,
    but (I)keep his commandments;

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It is for discipline that you have to endure. (A)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, (B)in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to (C)the Father of spirits (D)and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, (E)that we may share his holiness.

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19 You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 20 (A)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 (B)that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, (C)as long as the heavens are above the earth.

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20 (A)“When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the Lord our God has commanded you?’ 21 then you shall say to your son, (B)‘We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 22 And (C)the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and grievous, against Egypt and against Pharaoh and all his household, before our eyes. 23 And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in and give us the land that he swore to give to our fathers. 24 And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, (D)to fear the Lord our God, (E)for our good always, that (F)he might preserve us alive, as we are this day.

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19 The living, the living, he thanks you,
    as I do this day;
(A)the father makes known to the children
    your faithfulness.

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17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
    and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
18 So even to (A)old age and gray hairs,
    O God, (B)do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
    your power to all those to come.

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20 Then David said to Solomon his son, (A)“Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.

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David's Charge to Solomon

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a (A)whole heart and with a willing mind, (B)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. (C)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. 10 Be careful now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; (D)be strong and do it.”

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19 (A)Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may (B)build the palace (C)for which I have made provision.”

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10 (A)He shall build a house for my name. (B)He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.’

11 “Now, my son, (C)the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as he has spoken concerning you. 12 (D)Only, may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the Lord your God. 13 (E)Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. (F)Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.

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15 (A)And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, (B)choose this day whom you will serve, whether (C)the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or (D)the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. (E)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

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