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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
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