Bible Verses About Step Parents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for step parents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 338 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 Step Parents
Proverbs 22:624 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:424 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Colossians 3:2120 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Proverbs 29:1717 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
John 3:16-1717 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Exodus 20:1215 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 13:2415 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 29:1515 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Ephesians 6:115 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Corinthians 12:1414 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.
Psalms 127:313 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 1:813 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 1:8-912 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Ephesians 6:1-412 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Colossians 3:2011 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:411 votes
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
Deuteronomy 6:6-910 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Psalms 127:3-510 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 23:1310 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Lamentations 3:22-2310 votes
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Ephesians 6:1-2410 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Philippians 4:6-710 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
1 Timothy 5:810 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.
Hebrews 12:7-1110 votes
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
1 Peter 5:2-310 votes
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
What does the Bible say about step parents?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of step parents. Across 338 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Colossians 3:21, Proverbs 29:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.