Bible Verses About Parents and Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for parents and children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 53,203 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 Parents and Children
Proverbs 22:62,832 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:42,381 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Colossians 3:211,525 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Exodus 20:121,418 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 13:241,370 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 22:151,238 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 29:151,187 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 1:8-91,014 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Ephesians 6:11,011 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 29:171,004 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Psalms 127:3985 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Colossians 3:20946 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Proverbs 23:13-14894 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 19:18833 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Psalms 127:3-5767 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Ephesians 6:1-4755 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Deuteronomy 11:19669 votes
And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
1 Timothy 5:8614 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.
Proverbs 10:1611 votes
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Deuteronomy 21:18-21572 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:
Ephesians 6:1-3561 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Psalms 103:13552 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Proverbs 17:6516 votes
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Titus 2:4513 votes
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Hebrews 12:11502 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.
What does the Bible say about parents and children?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of parents and children. Across 53,203 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Colossians 3:21, Exodus 20:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.