Please pray for my first born he is 17yrs old he is smoking, drinking and stealing money in the house. Choosing wrong friends os also a problem. I need prayers. I have 5 boys this is my 1st
Disciplining a child:
Sometimes we love our kids too much and don't discipline them.
You are the adult. Set rules and punishments.
Let them know you love them but won't tolerate disrespect.
I will be praying for you.
Proverbs 13:24 - He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Hebrews 12:11 - Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Proverbs 23:13-15 - Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
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Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:15 - Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Ephesians 6:4 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 29:17 - Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 19:18 - Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 29:15 - The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
Colossians 3:21 - Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.
Ephesians 6:1-4 - Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
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Proverbs 12:1 - Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
Hebrews 12:5-11 - And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
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Proverbs 15:32 - He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.