38 Bible Verses About Parenting Raising Children
As Christians we can look to the Bible for a full set of instructions on how to be parents. It is important to read the Bible to glean what it has to say about the awesome opportunity we have to be parents.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. | 2 Timothy 3:16-17
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. | Hebrews 11:6
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, | Ephesians 5:18
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. | Proverbs 15:1
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, | Hebrews 10:24
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. | Matthew 6:33
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven. | Matthew 19:14
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. | Psalm 127:3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. | Ephesians 6:1-4
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise). | Ephesians 6:1-2
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
Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death. | Proverbs 19:18
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
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. | Proverbs 22:15
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. | John 3:16
For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. | 1 Corinthians 1:25
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | Romans 6:23
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. | Romans 5:6-9
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. | John 3:16
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,not a result of works, so that no one may boast. | Ephesians 2:8-9
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
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. | Ephesians 6:4
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. | 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, | Ephesians 5:25
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. | 1 John 4:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. | 1 John 1:9
Judge not, that you be not judged. | Matthew 7:1
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. | Ephesians 4:29
The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. | Proverbs 29:15
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. | Proverbs 22:6
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. |Proverbs 14:12
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. | Proverbs 13:24
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. | 1 Corinthians 13:11
Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. | 2 John 1:8
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. |Philippians 4:9
You shall be blessed above all peoples. There shall not be male or female barren among you or among your livestock. | Deuteronomy 7:14
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. | Deuteronomy 6:7
The Bible reminds us that children are precious to the parents. It also tells us how to teach, train and discipline them.