Bible Verses About Taking Care of Your Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for taking care of your children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,500 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 Taking Care of Your Children
1 Timothy 5:8362 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.
Psalms 127:3145 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 22:6113 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:4100 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Psalms 34:17-2063 votes
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Psalms 34:1-2247 votes
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 Chronicles 7:1442 votes
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Genesis 2:2441 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
1 John 1:936 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
James 5:1435 votes
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Acts 5:2934 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Galatians 5:19-2132 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Philippians 4:1931 votes
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Psalms 91:1-1229 votes
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
John 3:1629 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.
2 Corinthians 12:1425 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.
2 Timothy 3:1623 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Genesis 3:16-1922 votes
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Titus 2:422 votes
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
James 1:2720 votes
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Ephesians 5:2518 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
2 Thessalonians 3:1018 votes
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Luke 11:116 votes
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Romans 1:30-3216 votes
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Mark 10:13-1615 votes
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
What does the Bible say about taking care of your children?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 5:8 on the subject of taking care of your children. Across 1,500 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 127:3, Proverbs 22:6, Ephesians 6:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.