Fathers...

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. ~ Ephesians 6:4 (NASB)

Search Your Heart

Tremble and do not sin;
    when you are on your beds,
    search your hearts and be silent.

~ Psalm 4:4 (NIV)

Listen...

32 32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety
    and be at ease, without fear of harm.”

~ Proverbs 1:32-33 (NIV)

Renounce Ungodliness & Worldly Passions

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

15 Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

~ Titus 2:11-15 (ESV)

Strong Confidence in the Fear of the Lord

In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence,
    and his children will have a refuge.

~ Proverbs 14:26 (ESV)

Give Thought to Your Steps

15 The simple believes everything,
    but the prudent gives thought to his steps.
16 One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil,
    but a fool is reckless and careless.
17 A man of quick temper acts foolishly,
    and a man of evil devices is hated.
18 The simple inherit folly,
    but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

~ Proverbs 14:15-18 (ESV)

Listen to Your Parents

20 My son, keep your father's commandment,
    and forsake not your mother's teaching.
21 Bind them on your heart always;
    tie them around your neck.
22 When you walk, they will lead you;
    when you lie down, they will watch over you;
    and when you awake, they will talk with you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
    and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

~ Proverbs 6:20-23 (ESV)

Please the Lord

When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. ~ Proverbs 16:7 (ESV)

Lack of Discipline

21 21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths.
22 22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him,
    and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
23 23 He dies for lack of discipline,
    and because of his great folly he is led astray.

Proverbs 5:21-23 (ESV)

Discipline

¹¹ and at the end of your life you groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,
¹² and you say, “How I hated discipline,
    and my heart despised reproof!
¹³ I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
    or incline my ear to my instructors.
¹⁴ I am at the brink of utter ruin
    in the assembled congregation.”

~ Proverbs 5:11-14 (ESV)

Show Proper Respect

Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor. ~ 1 Peter 2:17 (NIV)

Train Up a Child

"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it." ~ Proverbs 22:6 (ESV)

God's Words

"Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." Deuteronomy 11:18-19 (NIV)

Receive Instruction

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. ~ Proverbs 19:20-21 (NIV)

Heed Correction

Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. ~ Proverbs 13:18 (NIV)

Forgive One Another

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. ~ Colossians 3:13 (NIV)

Speak the Truth in Love

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. ~ Ephesians 4:15 (NIV)

Pursue Righteousness

Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. ~ Proverbs 21:21 (NIV)

Teach Your Children

9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children.” ~ Deuteronomy 4:8-10 (NIV 1984)

Seek God's Wisdom & Knowledge

28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;
they will look for me but will not find me.
29 Since they hated knowledge
and did not choose to fear the Lord,
30 since they would not accept my advice
and spurned my rebuke,
31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety
and be at ease, without fear of harm.”

~ Proverbs 1:28-33 (NIV)