As we close out our study of the fifth commandment, I’m reflecting on how much I learned from examining those words in Exodus 20 about the “honor system: that exists in godly families. I had never spent a lot of time before thinking about how Scripture bears out that the fifth command was every bit as much for adults as it was for children.
Thinking about the training of children, this morning, I wanted to share the passage list, as promised in the podcast—the list that directs us to a three-fold responsibility in bringing up our children. We must nurture. We must educate. We must chasten, or discipline. Here are some passages that might be helpful as you contemplate this. I know you could add more from your own study. Thanks to Emily Anderson for adding her list to mine.
Nurture:
Ephesians 6:4
Colossians 3:21
Proverbs 29:15
Genesis 25:28; 26:34-35; 27:41,42
Luke 11:11-13
Matthew 7:9-11
Proverbs 31:27,28
Proverbs 31:21
1 Timothy 5:8
2 Timothy 1:5
Titus 2:4
Education:
Deuteronomy 6:4-7
Deuteronomy 4:9,10
Judges 17:3-13
Exodus 13:8
Exodus 13:14
Exodus 10:2
Exodus 12:26,27
Deuteronomy 6: 20-25
Leviticus 23:31-43
2 Timothy 3:15
Deuteronomy 11:18,19
Deuteronomy 31:9-13
Psalm 34:11
Psalm 78:5-8
Discipline:
Ephesians 6:4
Proverbs 19:18
Proverbs 13:24
Proverbs 29:17
Proverbs 22:15
Proverbs 23:13,14
Proverbs 29:15
1 Samuel 3:13
Hebrews 12:6-11
Proverbs 3:12
Deuteronomy 8:5,6
Proverbs 22:6 (note Hebrew for “train”)