Bible Verses About Children Responsibility
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for children responsibility, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,277 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 Responsibility
Proverbs 22:675 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:466 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:1-460 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Psalms 127:350 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 29:1548 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Ephesians 6:245 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Colossians 3:2144 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Colossians 3:2041 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:832 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.
2 Corinthians 12:1431 votes
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Proverbs 29:1730 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 1:828 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 23:13-1428 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 22:1527 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Ephesians 6:127 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Exodus 20:1225 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 13:2425 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Psalms 127:3-523 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Deuteronomy 6:6-722 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Proverbs 1:8-922 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Ephesians 6:1-322 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Hebrews 12:5-1122 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:
1 Peter 3:722 votes
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Colossians 3:2320 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Matthew 22:3719 votes
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
What does the Bible say about children responsibility?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of children responsibility. Across 1,277 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Ephesians 6:1-4, Psalms 127:3. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.