• Psalm 127:3 Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him.
• Proverbs 22:6 Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it.
• Proverbs 13:24 If you refuse to discipline your children, it proves you don't love them; if you love your children, you will be prompt to discipline them.
• Deuteronomy 6:6-7 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these com-mands I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are away on a journey, when you are lying down and when you are getting up again.
• Ephesians 6:1-2 Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first of the Ten Com-mandments that ends with a promise.
• Colossians 3:21 Fathers, don't aggravate your children. If you do, they will become dis-couraged and quit trying.
• Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God will give you.”
• Leviticus 19:32 "Show your fear of God by standing up in the presence of elderly people and showing respect for the aged. I am the LORD.”
• Matthew 19:13-15 Some children were brought to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. The disciples told them not to bother him. But Jesus said, "Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these." And he put his hands on their heads and blessed them before he left.

All verses are from the New Living Translation (NLT)