Bible Verses About Children Growing Up
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for children growing up, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,236 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 Children Growing Up
Proverbs 22:6226 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
2 Timothy 3:14-15145 votes
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
Ephesians 6:4110 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Luke 18:1687 votes
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 6:259 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
1 Timothy 3:453 votes
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Proverbs 22:1545 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Deuteronomy 6:741 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.
Ephesians 6:1-440 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Acts 16:3133 votes
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Genesis 18:1928 votes
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
1 Peter 4:1728 votes
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Proverbs 13:2426 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Titus 3:525 votes
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Proverbs 29:1722 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Acts 2:3920 votes
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 10:45-4719 votes
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Malachi 4:5-616 votes
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
Jeremiah 31:33-3715 votes
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Luke 2:4015 votes
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
Proverbs 17:614 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Isaiah 59:20-2114 votes
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.
Acts 2:3814 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 13:1114 votes
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Deuteronomy 11:1913 votes
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
What does the Bible say about children growing up?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of children growing up. Across 1,236 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Timothy 3:14-15, Ephesians 6:4, Luke 18:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.