Bible Verses About Unruly Children
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for unruly children, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 17,402 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 Unruly Children
Proverbs 22:6609 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 13:24453 votes
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Deuteronomy 21:18-21447 votes
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Exodus 20:12390 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Proverbs 22:15367 votes
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Leviticus 20:9356 votes
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
Ephesians 6:4314 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Proverbs 29:15302 votes
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 23:13-14281 votes
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Colossians 3:20273 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Psalms 127:3-5272 votes
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Proverbs 15:5267 votes
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Ephesians 6:1-3267 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 29:17258 votes
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Ephesians 6:1256 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Romans 13:1-5240 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Proverbs 12:1229 votes
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 19:18194 votes
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 1:8-9193 votes
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
James 1:5193 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.
John 3:16181 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.
Romans 6:23176 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Proverbs 1:7170 votes
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Psalms 23:1-6169 votes
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
1 Corinthians 10:13169 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
What does the Bible say about unruly children?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of unruly children. Across 17,402 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 13:24, Deuteronomy 21:18-21, Exodus 20:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.