Bible Verses About Training Up a Child
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for training up a child, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,073 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 Training Up a Child
Proverbs 22:6193 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Ephesians 6:492 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 23:13-1464 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 29:1558 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 13:2451 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs 29:1748 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Deuteronomy 6:747 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 22:1547 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Psalms 127:344 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 19:1835 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
2 Timothy 3:16-1735 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Psalms 127:3-534 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Colossians 3:2032 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Genesis 18:1920 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.
Deuteronomy 11:1920 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.
Colossians 3:2120 votes
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
2 Timothy 3:1519 votes
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 6:118 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
James 1:516 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Psalms 34:1115 votes
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Hebrews 12:5-1114 votes
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Proverbs 23:1413 votes
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Hebrews 12:6-713 votes
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Exodus 20:1212 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 6:6-712 votes
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
What does the Bible say about training up a child?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of training up a child. Across 1,073 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 6:4, Proverbs 23:13-14, Proverbs 29:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.