Verses from Dad’s Who Shoot Straight


Begin early...

Proverbs 22:6 

6 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Be creative…

Deuteronomy 6:6-7

6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Build character…

Set limits…

1 Samuel 3:13

13 For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God, and he failed to restrain them.

Assign responsibilities…

Have a happy home…

Proverbs 15:13-15

13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.

Let them see God at work…

Cover them constantly with prayer…

Psalm 127:4-5

4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.

5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.

They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.

3 John 1:4

4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.


Ask God to make you a might man.

Get to work shaping, strengthening, and sharpening your arrows.

Work on your skills at being an archer.

Work on your goals for your family.


Acts 16:31

31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”

Psalm 127 

1 Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.

Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.