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Raising children can be tough sometimes. We still have one left at home. She's 17... ugh. But anyway, you're going to get better results if you follow Gods word...

Eph. 6:1-4

1. Children, be obedient to your parents in union with the Lord, for this is righteous:

2. “Honor your father and your mother”; which is the first command with a promise,

3. “That it may go well with you and you may endure a long time on the earth

4. And you fathers, do not be irritating your children, but go on bringing them up in the discipline and mental regulating in Jehovah.

Colossians 3:20

You children, be obedient to your parents in everything, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

1 John 5:3

For this is what the love of God means, that we observe his commandments; and yet his commandments are not burdensome.

Below is a good scripture that you can share with your children to show them that Jesus is always obedient to his Father.

John 8:28-29

28. Therefore Jesus said, “When once you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing of my own initiative; but just as the Father taught me I speak these things. 29.  And he that sent me is with me; he did not abandon me to myself, because I always do the things pleasing to him.

I have a teen aged grandson living with me.We talk from time to time about God and things. I was telling him how I believe that what goes around comes around. He said to me, yeah, he believed that. He was with a friend, and that friend entered another friends house when nobody was there. That friend came out with 2 tins of pop, well some neighbor had called the police in the meantime. I think the kid had something else, I forget now. Anyway, the 2 of them had to go to court. My grandson skateboards, about a week before their court date, he fell and broke his leg.He had to hobble into court on crutches, and he had to do some community work. He was convinced that God paid him back for being at that house with the kid who stole something, so I let him go on believing that. Can't hurt anything :).. a couple years ago, he was riding on a bicycle, and a car coming out of a gas station hit him and his foot went around the wheel of the car and his shoe got wedged in but his foot came loose. At that time he was experimenting with drugs. So that shook him up pretty bad, and he believes that God was paying him back for doing drugs, he hasn't touched the drugs since.He told me that was his 'wake up call'. I will continue to let him believe that God is thumping him for doing stuff he should not be doing. I can't prove if God is doing it or not so I am not deceiving him. I know this don't help you much with your kids, but maybe you can somehow get an idea from it, at least I hope you can, if not, then just put it down to entertaining :)

Why not try the reverse and show them what those that listen to God's Word have to look forward to. ( Isaiah 11:6-9 )

To go along with Two Edged Sword's comment, Ephesians 6:1-4 after explaining to children that to honor your father and your mother is the first command given with a promise attached, that it may go well with you and you may endure a long time on the earth, Verse 4 says for fathers (or mothers) not to be irritating your children but to go on bringing them up in the discipline and mental-regulating of Jehovah. It would prove irritating if you did not consistently teach your young ones about their Creator, and maintain the same standards yourself. Set the example, listen first to them, they will then learn to listen to you.

Desiree! You can't scare your children into obedience. Only their love for you will motivate them to obey you from the heart. It is the same with our heavenly father. God does NOT try to scare us into loving him. Instead he highlights the positive, like Isaiah 48:17-19. For instance at Ephesians 6:1-3 the Bible says: "Children, be obedient to your parents in union with the Lord, for this is righteous: “Honor your father and your mother”; which is the first command with a promise: “That it may go well with you and you may endure a long time on the earth.”

Explainations, which, I know, you hate, take time and effort. But if you want to be a good parent, you MUST take that time to explain everything to them. They depend on you to learn their values, good habits, respect. Show them your love and their love for you will move them to obey you. Hint: If they fuss about having to do the things you want, that's good. It means they are adjusting to your way of doing things. Everyone fusses about change. So don't worry to much about the resistance, as worrisome as it is, just trudge on and don't give up. You may just raise good, kind, respectful children. Good luck!

Anything from the Old Testament really. Deuteronomy 21:18-21 is good one to keep those little brats in line. And Judges 8:33-9:5, just for the hell of it.

I know that the Bible could be a pretty scary book, but don't you think that using something as sacred as the Bible is impeding on other people's beliefs? I don't think that "scaring" them will help neither you nor your children, and it also shows poor parenting. Explaining things to them is one of the natural parts of being a parent. If you don't realize this basic fact, then why the heck did you become a parent.

G'day Desiree,.,.,!

There's thousands of obscenely murderous threats to innocent children in the awful tome,the "buy this bull" used by godgobbers to scare young frightened little kids into a life of indoctrinated and subserviant slavery to this abysmal notion of eternal happiness through misery !

What a blindingly stupid anomaly that is, hey Desiree ! ?

Here's some of this disgusting stuff,

Psalm 137:9 ,Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ,And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear."

Proverbs:23:13-14 ,Withhold not correction from the child: for if

thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt

deliver his soul from hell.

Zechariah 13:3: ,If a man still prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall say to him, "You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord." When he prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall thrust him through.

Here's websites that detail the disgusting elements found in the godgobbers tome,

http://www.evilbible.com/god's%20not%20pro-life.ht...

http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/babies.html#Killin...

One of the ten commandments...

Exodus 20:12 Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

A lack of honor will shorten their lives...

The Bible also says

Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Col 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

And if that does not work, then---

Pro 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Pro 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Pro 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame...

Be careful, because Old Testament Law was in effect before nosy people that report you to Child Services...

Tell them that the day will come when they have to stand before God and give an account of their lives. God has their names and whatever they have done and they will have to answer for it.

That should literally scare the daylights out of them and give them something to think about.

Revelations 20:12.... I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.

lots of the OT stuff works positive. There are actually Hell performs for the very purpose of scarying little ones. that is a sparkling sensation sweeping the Bible Belt. i'm no longer kidding. They make those demonic performs and attempt to instill an apprehension of hell and homosexuality and abortion with photographs of mad scientists, carnage, and demons. yet, that is nonetheless no longer infant abuse. humorous how faith gets away with each and every little thing