Bible Verses About Fathers and Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for fathers and children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,209 votes, led by Ephesians 6:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Fathers and Children
Ephesians 6:4139 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Colossians 3:21116 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Malachi 4:6103 votes
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Proverbs 22:695 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
3 John 1:475 votes
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Psalms 103:1374 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Psalms 127:3-574 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Ephesians 6:1-473 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Exodus 20:1261 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Ephesians 6:150 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Isaiah 54:1347 votes
And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Proverbs 23:2445 votes
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Proverbs 3:11-1241 votes
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs 23:2238 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
1 Timothy 3:4-537 votes
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
James 5:1636 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Proverbs 13:2435 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Joshua 1:934 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Proverbs 22:1534 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 1:8-929 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Matthew 7:9-1129 votes
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Hebrews 12:729 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
John 14:628 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Proverbs 17:627 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Joshua 24:1526 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.
What does the Bible say about fathers and children?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:4 on the subject of fathers and children. Across 2,209 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 3:21, Malachi 4:6, Proverbs 22:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.