Bible Verses About Loving Your Son
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for loving your son, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 191 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 Loving Your Son
Proverbs 22:633 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 13:2423 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Ephesians 6:421 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:10-1321 votes
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Ephesians 6:1-2414 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Deuteronomy 21:1813 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:
Proverbs 23:1312 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 1:1-3311 votes
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Proverbs 23:13-1411 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Colossians 3:2011 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Hebrews 12:5-611 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:
Proverbs 29:1510 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
What does the Bible say about loving your son?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of loving your son. Across 191 votes, 12 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 13:24, Ephesians 6:4, Ephesians 6:10-13. This page lists all 12 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.