Relationships and family
What does the Bible say about raising teenagers?
Scripture calls parents to instruct without provoking, and to keep pointing children toward God as they grow into their own faith.
What Scripture says
Proverbs 22:6
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Ephesians 6:4
“You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
“These words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart; and 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 up.”
Colossians 3:21
“Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.”
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