Bible Verses About Child Rearing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for child rearing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 779 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 Child Rearing
Proverbs 22:6116 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:469 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Psalms 127:357 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 13:2453 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 29:1552 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Colossians 3:2146 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Deuteronomy 6:6-744 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Proverbs 29:1743 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 23:13-1441 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 22:1534 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Psalms 127:3-533 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Colossians 3:2028 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Exodus 21:1723 votes
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Matthew 15:418 votes
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
James 1:19-2018 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Hebrews 12:5-1117 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 13:2215 votes
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Titus 2:615 votes
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
Deuteronomy 6:712 votes
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Proverbs 21:2012 votes
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Proverbs 23:1312 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 19:1811 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
1 John 2:1-2910 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
What does the Bible say about child rearing?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of child rearing. Across 779 votes, 23 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Psalms 127:3, Proverbs 13:24. This page lists all 23 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.