- 1 Kings 1:5-6
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king”; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was also very good-looking. His mother had borne him after Absalom.)
- Proverbs 13:24
He who spares his rod hates his son,
But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
Related Scriptures
- Psalm 127:3
Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.
- Deuteronomy 6:6-9
'And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
- Psalm 34:11
Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
- Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being priest for Me;
Because you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.