Bible Verses About Role of Parents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for role of parents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,215 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 Role of Parents
Ephesians 6:4156 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:6124 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Colossians 3:2196 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Deuteronomy 6:6-771 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Deuteronomy 21:15-1748 votes
If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
Genesis 2:2436 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
2 Corinthians 12:1433 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.
Ephesians 6:1-332 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians 6:128 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Colossians 3:2028 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Proverbs 13:2427 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
1 Corinthians 11:325 votes
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Proverbs 22:1524 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 29:1524 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Malachi 4:622 votes
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Psalms 127:3-521 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Exodus 20:1220 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 1:8-920 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 23:13-1420 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:2220 votes
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 29:1719 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
1 Timothy 5:819 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 19:1816 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 13:2215 votes
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Titus 2:415 votes
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
What does the Bible say about role of parents?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 6:4 on the subject of role of parents. Across 1,215 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:6, Colossians 3:21, Deuteronomy 6:6-7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.