Bible Verses About Being a Parent
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being a parent, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 302 votes, led by Proverbs 22:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being a Parent
Proverbs 22:647 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:440 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Colossians 3:2137 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Ephesians 6:1-424 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Psalms 127:3-520 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 29:1515 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Exodus 20:1214 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Psalms 127:314 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 1:8-914 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 13:2414 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Hebrews 12:5-1112 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:
Proverbs 23:2211 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 19:1810 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 29:1710 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Matthew 15:410 votes
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
1 Timothy 5:810 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
What does the Bible say about being a parent?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of being a parent. Across 302 votes, 16 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Colossians 3:21, Ephesians 6:1-4. This page lists all 16 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.