14 Bijbelverzen over het gedrag van kinderen

  • Exodus 20:12 tells Israel to honor father and mother, and Ephesians 6:2-3 quotes it to children as “the first commandment with a promise.”
  • Ephesians 6:1 and Colossians 3:20 tell children to obey their parents, and both letters follow at once with a command to fathers not to exasperate or embitter their children.
  • Luke 2:51 says that Jesus, at twelve, went back to Nazareth with his parents and “was obedient to them.”
  • Proverbs 1:8 names both parents as teachers: “your father’s instruction” and “your mother’s teaching.”
  • Hebrews 12:11 says discipline is painful at the time and later “produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.”

The Bible’s main instruction to children is to honor and obey their parents. “Honor your father and your mother” (Exodus 20:12) is quoted to children in Ephesians 6:2-3, Ephesians 6:1 and Colossians 3:20 tell children to obey their parents, and Luke 2:51 says the boy Jesus “was obedient” to his parents. Proverbs sets out a father’s and a mother’s teaching to a son (Proverbs 1:8-9), and says at its start that it was written for “instruction in prudent behavior” and…

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