Bible Verses About Parent
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for parent, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,079 votes, led by Ephesians 6:1-4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Parent
Ephesians 6:1-4185 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 22:6175 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Exodus 20:12161 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Colossians 3:20-21123 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Proverbs 1:8113 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Psalms 103:13104 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
2 Timothy 1:581 votes
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Proverbs 23:2273 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 17:672 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Deuteronomy 6:6-768 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
1 Timothy 5:468 votes
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
Proverbs 29:1565 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 13:2464 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Deuteronomy 5:1652 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 31:25-2852 votes
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
2 Corinthians 12:1452 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 23:22-2551 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Malachi 4:648 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 29:1744 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Hebrews 12:7-1144 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Proverbs 1:8-941 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Matthew 15:441 votes
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Deuteronomy 6:6-932 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Proverbs 6:2030 votes
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 30:1728 votes
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
What does the Bible say about parent?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:1-4 on the subject of parent. Across 2,079 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:6, Exodus 20:12, Colossians 3:20-21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.