50 Bible Verses About Parenting Responsibilities
Published Sept 19, 2021
We can all agree that being a parent is one of the hardest jobs in the world. It involves overwhelming responsibilities with not even a manual to guide you. Besides, nobody has yet perfected the art (and science) of parenting. So most have to go by the time-tested adage of trial and error.
Despite its challenges, parenting is also a very rewarding job. Just seeing your child becoming the person you hoped them to be – a true child of God – is one of the proudest moments for a parent. For some, becoming a parent even gave them a sense of purpose and motivated them to get their act together.
But what unites parents from all over is their overwhelming loving care for their children and the desire to be the best parent for them. For Christian parents, that means training them up in the ways of God. And the best place to get ideas about Godly parenting is the Bible.
So what does the Bible say about parenting? Here are 50 bible verses about parenting responsibilities:
- Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. – Ephesians 6:4
- Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. – Psalm 127:3
- But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. – 1 Timothy 5:8
- Fathers provoke not your children, lest they become discouraged. – Colossians 3:21
- Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart. – Proverbs 29:17
- I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. – 3 John 1:4
- For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. – 2 Corinthians 12:14
- Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6
- As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. – Psalm 103:13
- For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. – Hebrews 12:11
- The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. – Proverbs 29:15
- Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. – 1 Peter 5:2-3
- Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time. – Deuteronomy 4:40
- Discipline your son while there is hope and do not desire his death. – Proverbs 19:18
- A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. –Proverbs 15:4
- Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching – Proverbs 1:8
- But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 19:13-14
- Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons. – Deuteronomy 4:9
- It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? – Hebrew 12:7
- In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness, and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us. – Titus 2:7-8
- For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. – Ephesians 2:10
- Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them. – Proverbs 14:24
- Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. – Matthew 6:34
- There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. – 1 John 4:18
25. These commandments that I give you today are to be in your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. – Deuteronomy 6:6-9
26. Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. – Proverbs 17:6
27. We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done. – Psalm 78:4
28. My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in. – Proverbs 3:11-12
29. All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children. – Isaiah 54:13
30. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. – 1 Corinthians 13:11
31. Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live. – Proverbs 15:27
32. See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. – Matthew 18:10
33. Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. – Proverbs 22:15
34. Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. – Proverbs 13:24
35. Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol. – Proverbs 23:13-14
36. And I declare to him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them. – 1 Samuel 3:13
37. Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine. – Ezekiel 18:4
38. A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children. – Proverbs 13:22
39. And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But the father said to his servants,‘’Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate. – Luke 15:20-24
40. And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. – Timothy 3:15
41. “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” – Hebrews 12:6
42. Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. – Genesis 2:24
43. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. – John 14:18
44. And so train the young women to love their husbands and children – Titus 2:4
45. For each will have to bear his own load. – Galatians 6:5
46. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness – 2 Timothy 3:16
47. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. – John 3:16-17
48. He was still speaking when behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” – Matthew 17:5
49. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! – Psalm 127:4-5
50. For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him. – Genesis 18:19
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