Bible Verses About Raising Your Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for raising your children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,381 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 Raising Your Children
Proverbs 22:6197 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:4148 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 13:24107 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 29:1593 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Psalms 127:387 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 22:1581 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Psalms 127:3-576 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 23:13-1475 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 29:1775 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Deuteronomy 6:6-766 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Colossians 3:2161 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 19:1856 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Genesis 18:1954 votes
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Proverbs 15:553 votes
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 1:8-946 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Colossians 3:2042 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
2 Timothy 3:1642 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
James 5:1242 votes
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Deuteronomy 6:737 votes
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Proverbs 23:1334 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Matthew 18:634 votes
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Matthew 19:1434 votes
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Hebrews 12:1131 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.
Ephesians 6:1-429 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
1 Timothy 5:827 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.
What does the Bible say about raising your children?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of raising your children. Across 2,381 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 29:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.