Bible Verses About Children Leaving Their Parents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for children leaving their parents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,932 votes, led by Ephesians 5:31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Children Leaving Their Parents
Ephesians 5:31282 votes
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Proverbs 22:6194 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Colossians 3:2063 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Proverbs 13:2462 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Ephesians 6:458 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Genesis 2:2457 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Ephesians 6:152 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Deuteronomy 27:1650 votes
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Proverbs 29:1550 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:1744 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Deuteronomy 21:18-2138 votes
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Exodus 20:1235 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Luke 14:2634 votes
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Proverbs 22:1533 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 19:1832 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Ephesians 5:3332 votes
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Deuteronomy 11:1930 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.
Colossians 3:2129 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Ephesians 6:1-327 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Timothy 3:1-227 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Matthew 19:526 votes
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Matthew 19:3-925 votes
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Luke 15:11-3225 votes
And he said, A certain man had two sons:
Psalms 127:3-523 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 1:8-921 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
What does the Bible say about children leaving their parents?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 5:31 on the subject of children leaving their parents. Across 1,932 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:6, Colossians 3:20, Proverbs 13:24. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.