Bible Verses About Parents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for parents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,568 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
Proverbs 22:6327 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:4318 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:1-4291 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Colossians 3:21271 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Exodus 20:12260 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
1 Timothy 5:8255 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 29:17183 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
2 Corinthians 12:14152 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 29:15149 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Psalms 127:3133 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 23:13109 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:22107 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Titus 2:4105 votes
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Ephesians 6:1101 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 1:8-9100 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 13:24100 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Matthew 10:3798 votes
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
1 Timothy 3:496 votes
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Psalms 103:1391 votes
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Proverbs 19:1891 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Ephesians 6:1-391 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Colossians 3:2087 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Deuteronomy 5:1682 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.
Psalms 127:3-578 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 22:1576 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
What does the Bible say about parents?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of parents. Across 6,568 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Ephesians 6:1-4, Colossians 3:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.