Bible Verses About Parenting
Verses about raising children in faith, discipline with love, and passing on a godly heritage.
Parenting is one of the highest callings and hardest jobs in the world. These Bible verses on parenting speak to the weight and the privilege of raising children — training them in the way they should go, not exasperating them, teaching God's word as you walk, sit, and rise. Scripture's vision of parenting is neither harsh authoritarianism nor permissive drift — it is intentional, loving, faith-saturated discipleship of the next generation. Whether you are a parent, grandparent, or mentor, these verses will ground and encourage you.
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
More Verses for Parenting
“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”
Psalm 127:3
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Ephesians 6:4
“And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 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.”
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.”
Colossians 3:21
“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.”
Proverbs 13:24
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.”
3 John 1:4
“We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.”
Psalm 78:4
“As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.”
Psalm 127:4-5
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