They Call Me Dad. At what age should we discontinue “spanking” our children? I think from the ages 1 – 13, or during the adolescent years. The Hebrew word translated “child” in Proverbs 22:6 is nāʿar and means a boy, lad, youth, retainer.
Dad is the leader of the family, not the driver of the family. The Lord has ordained and anointed this to be. The father sets the climate of the home by leading.
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Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
(NIV) Proverbs 22:6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
(NIV) Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Proverbs 4:11 I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.
(NIV) Proverbs 4:11-18
11 I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.
13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.
14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.
16 For they cannot sleep till they do evil; they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
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