1. Children are to honor thier parents.
   • OT=Ex.20:12; Lev.19:3; Deut. 5:16; Prov.23:22
   • NT=Eph. 6;1-3; Col. 3:20
   1. Children to care for parents.
      • NT=I Tim. 5:4
   2. Children to obey parents.
      • OT=Gen 28:7; Prov. 6:20
      • NT=Eph.6:1; Col. 3:20

2. Rebelious children to be punished.
   1. Children who refuse to obey thier parents.
      • OT=Deut. 28:18-21; 27:16; Prv. 30:17
      • NT=Rom. 1:28-32
   2. Children commanded not to smite mother or father.
      • OT=Ex. 21:15
   3. Children commanded not to curse mother or father.
      • OT= Ex. 21:17; Lev 20:9; Prov. 20:20
      • NT=Matt. 15:3-6
   4. Children not to rob parents.
      • OT= Prov. 28:24

3. Children to be regarded as a gift from God.
   • OT=Gen. 33:5; 48:9; Deut. 28:4; Psalm 127:3; Is. 8:18
4. Father to have authority over children.
   • OT=Num. 30: 3-5
   1. Parents to disipline thier children.
      • OT=Deut. 8:5; Prov. 3:12; 13:24; 17:18; 19:18; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15,17
      • NT=Heb. 12:7,11
   2. Parents to educate thier children.
      • OT=Gen. 18:19; Deut. 4:9-10; 6:6-7; 11:18-19; Prov. 1:8; 22:6
      • NT=Eph. 6:4; II Tim. 3:14
   3. Parents to provide for children.
      • NT=I Tim.5:8
   4. Parents to arrange marriages.
      • OT=Gen. 21:21; 24:1-9

5. Fathers not to be put to death for the sins of their children, nor children for the sins of thier fathers.
   • OT=Deut. 24:16; II Kings 14:6; II Chron. 25:4; Jer. 31:29-30; Ez. 18:20

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