Bible Verses About Parenting
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for parenting, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 36,763 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 Parenting
Ephesians 6:41,380 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:61,375 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Colossians 3:211,171 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 29:17989 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 13:24953 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 29:15929 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Psalms 127:3874 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 1:8-9816 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Deuteronomy 6:6-9721 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Proverbs 23:13714 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Exodus 20:12643 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Ephesians 6:1-4630 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Hebrews 12:7-11587 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Psalms 127:3-5555 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalms 103:13505 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Joshua 4:20-24498 votes
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
Proverbs 19:18484 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
2 Corinthians 12:14478 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.
1 Timothy 5:8477 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.
Titus 2:7449 votes
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
Philippians 4:6-7425 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Hebrews 12:11424 votes
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Lamentations 3:22-23420 votes
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7411 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Ephesians 6:1401 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
What does the Bible say about parenting?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:4 on the subject of parenting. Across 36,763 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:6, Colossians 3:21, Proverbs 29:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.