Bible Verses About How to Raise a Child
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for how to raise a child, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,868 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 How to Raise a Child
Proverbs 22:6344 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:4230 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 29:15178 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Deuteronomy 6:7150 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.
Proverbs 23:13-14139 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 13:24123 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 22:15115 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Genesis 18:19108 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.
Proverbs 19:18100 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Ephesians 6:1-486 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians 4:2984 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Psalms 127:366 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
John 3:1659 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Ephesians 6:1-257 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Matthew 19:1454 votes
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Ephesians 5:2553 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Colossians 3:2152 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Philippians 4:951 votes
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Deuteronomy 28:1-6850 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
1 Thessalonians 5:1849 votes
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Proverbs 29:1748 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 1:8-942 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 23:1342 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Psalms 127:3-541 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
1 Timothy 5:840 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.
What does the Bible say about how to raise a child?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of how to raise a child. Across 3,868 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Proverbs 29:15, Deuteronomy 6:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.