Bible Verses About Parenting

Parenting can be challenging, but the Bible offers great advice to help guide us. In this blog post, we’ll look at some short Bible verses about parenting. These verses are simple yet powerful, and they offer wisdom on raising children with love and care. By reading these verses, we can find encouragement and guidance on how to be the best parents we can be. Let’s explore these verses and see what they teach us about parenting.

Bible Verses About Parenting

Proverbs 22:6 – “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”

Ephesians 6:4 – “Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”

Colossians 3:21 – “Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.”

Psalm 127:3 – “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.”

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 – “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 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.”

Proverbs 1:8 – “Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.”

Proverbs 29:17 – “Discipline your children, and they will give you peace; they will bring you the delights you desire.”

Psalm 78:4 – “We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done.”

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 – “For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.”

Proverbs 13:24 – “Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.”

2 Timothy 3:15 – “And how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”

Titus 2:4 – “Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children.”

Proverbs 23:13-14 – “Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die. Punish them with the rod and save them from death.”

Luke 6:40 – “The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.”

Matthew 19:14 – “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’”

Genesis 18:19 – “For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

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

Proverbs 20:7 – “The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.”

Hebrews 12:7 – “Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?”

Colossians 3:20 – “Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.”

Proverbs 15:20 – “A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.”

Psalm 103:17 – “But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children.”

Proverbs 31:28 – “Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.”

2 Samuel 7:14 – “I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.”

1 Chronicles 28:9 – “And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.”

Psalm 34:11 – “Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.”

Matthew 7:9-11 – “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”

Exodus 20:12 – “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.”

Deuteronomy 11:19 – “Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”

Isaiah 54:13 – “All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace.”

Proverbs 4:1 – “Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.”

Proverbs 12:7 – “The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.”

Proverbs 27:11 – “Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.”

Proverbs 10:1 – “The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.”

Zechariah 8:5 – “The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

Proverbs 31:29 – “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”

Malachi 4:6 – “He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”

John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Proverbs 29:15 – “The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.”

Psalm 128:3 – “Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.”

1 Samuel 1:27 – “I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.”

Proverbs 6:20 – “My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.”

Ezekiel 18:14 – “But suppose he has a son who sees all the sins his father commits, and though he sees them, he does not do such things.”

Titus 2:5 – “To be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.”

1 Samuel 2:18 – “But Samuel was ministering before the Lord—a boy wearing a linen ephod.”

Proverbs 10:5 – “He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.”

Proverbs 3:12 – “Because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.”

Matthew 18:10 – “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.”

Luke 11:11 – “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?”

Genesis 33:5 – “Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. ‘Who are these with you?’ he asked. Jacob answered, ‘They are the children God has graciously given your servant.’”

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