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Bible Verses About Parenting
Find Bible verses about parenting — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about parenting?
The Bible addresses parenting with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 22:6
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
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Ephesians 6:4
“You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
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Proverbs 23:24
“The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.”
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Proverbs 17:21
“He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.”
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Proverbs 17:25
“A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.”
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Proverbs 29:15
“The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.”
Proverbs 4:1
“Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;”
Matthew 7:9
“Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?”
Proverbs 29:21
“He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.”
Proverbs 13:24
“One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.”
Colossians 3:21
“Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.”
Matthew 7:10
“Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?”
1 Kings 1:6
“His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, "Why have you done so?" and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.”
Proverbs 23:13
“Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.”
1 Thessalonians 2:11
“As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,”
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