What the Bible Says About Parenting


 

 

Theme of Christian parenting

Proverbs 22:6
Train a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not turn from it.

Parents are to love their children

Titus 2:4
Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children…

*1 Tim. 5:10
and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children…

1 Thes. 2:7
but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children.

Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the Lord says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are no more."

Parents are to teach their children about the Lord

2 Tim. 3:16
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

Ephes. 6:4
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Genesis 18:19
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him."

3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Joel 1:3
Tell it to your children,
and let your children tell it to their children,
and their children to the next generation.

Psalm 78:4-6
We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
his power, and the wonders he has done.
5He decreed statutes for Jacob
and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our forefathers
to teach their children,
6 so the next generation would know them,
even the children yet to be born,
and they in turn would tell their children.

Deut. 5:29
Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!

Deut. 6:2
so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.

Deut. 6:7
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.

Deut. 11:19
Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deut. 31:12-13
Assemble the people--men, women and children, and the aliens living in your towns--so they can listen and learn to fear the Lord your God and follow carefully all the words of this law. 13Their children, who do not know this law, must hear it and learn to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess."

Deut. 32:46
he said to them, "Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law.

*Joshua 4:6
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, 'What do these stones mean?'

Verses to give to your children

Ephes. 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Col. 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Hebrews 12:11
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

1 Peter 1:14
As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

Proverbs 3:11
My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline
and do not resent his rebuke,

Hebrews 12:5
And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you…

Luke 18:16
But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Psalm 34:11
Come, my children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord

Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Proverbs 15:20
A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 19:26
He who robs his father and drives out his mother
is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

Proverbs 20:20
If a man curses his father or mother,
his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.

Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:25
May your father and mother be glad;
may she who gave you birth rejoice!

Proverbs 28:24
He who robs his father or mother
and says, "It's not wrong"--
he is partner to him who destroys.

Proverbs 30:17
"The eye that mocks a father,
that scorns obedience to a mother,
will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley,
will be eaten by the vultures.

Matthew 19:19
honor your father and mother,' and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'"

What parents should hope for their children

Titus 1:6
An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

Be gentle with you children

Col. 3:21
21 Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

Ephes. 6:4
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Parents must discipline their children

Ephes. 6:4
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son,
but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Proverbs 22:15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

Proverbs 23:13-14
Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
14 Punish him with the rod
and save his soul from death.

Proverbs 29:15
The rod of correction imparts wisdom,
but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

*Proverbs 5:12
You will say, "How I hated discipline!
How my heart spurned correction!

Proverbs 5:23
He will die for lack of discipline,
led astray by his own great folly.

Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son,
but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope;
do not be a willing party to his death.

Proverbs 29:17
Discipline your son, and he will give you peace;
he will bring delight to your soul.

Hebrews 12:11
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Ephes. 6:4
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Proverbs 29:15
The rod of correction imparts wisdom,
but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Parents and money

2 Cor. 12:14
Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children,
but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.

Families should worship together

Acts 21:5
But when our time was up, we left and continued on our way. All the disciples and their wives and children accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.

You must love God more than your family

*Luke 18:29
"I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

Jesus loved the little children

Luke 18:16
But Jesus called the children to him and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Mark 9:37
"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me."

Mark 10:13-14
People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Mark 10:16
And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.

Matthew 21:16
"Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked him.
"Yes," replied Jesus, "have you never read,
" 'From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise'?"

Psalm 8:2
From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.

Matthew 19:13-14
Then little children were brought to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked those who brought them. 14 Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

Give Godly leadership

Proverbs 14:26
He who fears the Lord has a secure fortress,
and for his children it will be a refuge.

Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are a crown to the aged,
and parents are the pride of their children.

Proverbs 20:7
The righteous man leads a blameless life;
blessed are his children after him.

Proverbs 31:28
Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:

Children are a blessing from God

Psalm 127:3
Sons are a heritage from the Lord,
children a reward from him.

2 Tim. 1:5
I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.

 

 


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