Bible Verses About Responsibility to Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for responsibility to children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,493 votes, led by 1 Timothy 5:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Responsibility to Children
1 Timothy 5:8213 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.
2 Corinthians 12:14166 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.
Colossians 3:21133 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 22:6132 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:4111 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Exodus 22:22-2494 votes
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Proverbs 1:894 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Colossians 3:2075 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Ephesians 6:1-463 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Philippians 4:661 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Deuteronomy 11:1957 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.
Psalms 127:357 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Exodus 20:1252 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 13:2450 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
1 Peter 3:750 votes
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Proverbs 29:1549 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Ephesians 6:137 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Genesis 2:1832 votes
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Titus 2:432 votes
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
James 1:1732 votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Romans 1:3031 votes
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Proverbs 29:1730 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Deuteronomy 6:6-728 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Romans 12:228 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ephesians 5:2128 votes
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
What does the Bible say about responsibility to children?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 5:8 on the subject of responsibility to children. Across 2,493 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Corinthians 12:14, Colossians 3:21, Proverbs 22:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.