Bible verses about Parenting
Verses for raising children in the ways of God.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
Deuteronomy 6:6And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Deuteronomy 6:7Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Colossians 3:21A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Proverbs 29:15Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
Proverbs 29:17He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
Proverbs 13:24Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
Proverbs 19:18Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Proverbs 23:13We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
Psalms 78:4Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Psalms 127:3The righteous man walks with integrity; blessed are his children after him.
Proverbs 20:7Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Proverbs 4:1Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Proverbs 1:8Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 4:9But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
Joshua 24:15The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
Proverbs 23:24