Bible Verses About Being a Good Parent
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being a good parent, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 492 votes, led by Ephesians 6:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being a Good Parent
Ephesians 6:490 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:672 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Psalms 127:3-560 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Deuteronomy 6:5-750 votes
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Colossians 3:2146 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Philippians 2:437 votes
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Ephesians 6:1-436 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Matthew 7:1219 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Psalms 1:1-618 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Isaiah 1:1-3118 votes
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
John 14:1-3116 votes
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Hebrews 12:5-1116 votes
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
John 3:12-2014 votes
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
What does the Bible say about being a good parent?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:4 on the subject of being a good parent. Across 492 votes, 13 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:6, Psalms 127:3-5, Deuteronomy 6:5-7. This page lists all 13 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.