Bible Verses About Parents Responsibilities
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for parents responsibilities, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,693 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 Parents Responsibilities
Ephesians 6:4304 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:6254 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Colossians 3:21206 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
1 Timothy 5:8193 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 29:15143 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Ephesians 6:1105 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 13:2497 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 23:13-1488 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 29:1785 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Proverbs 22:1584 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Ephesians 6:1-483 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Psalms 127:3-580 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Ephesians 6:1-380 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 23:2271 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Exodus 20:1267 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Ephesians 6:266 votes
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Psalms 127:364 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Genesis 2:2463 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Ephesians 5:3363 votes
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Titus 2:463 votes
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
James 4:661 votes
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Luke 12:4860 votes
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Hebrews 12:5-1159 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:
1 Timothy 5:1-254 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Deuteronomy 21:18-2153 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:
What does the Bible say about parents responsibilities?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:4 on the subject of parents responsibilities. Across 4,693 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:6, Colossians 3:21, 1 Timothy 5:8. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.