Bible Verses About Child Training
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for child training, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 670 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 Training
Proverbs 22:6151 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 23:13-1453 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 13:2447 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Ephesians 6:443 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 6:6-739 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Deuteronomy 6:733 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.
3 John 1:431 votes
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Proverbs 6:20-2127 votes
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 19:1825 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 3:124 votes
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 6:20-2224 votes
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Psalms 127:3-523 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Hebrews 12:5-1120 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:
Colossians 3:2119 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Colossians 3:2018 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Proverbs 22:1517 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 29:1517 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Malachi 3:8-1014 votes
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
John 15:12-1313 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Proverbs 29:1712 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Joshua 24:1510 votes
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Proverbs 20:1110 votes
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
What does the Bible say about child training?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of child training. Across 670 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 23:13-14, Proverbs 13:24, Ephesians 6:4. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.