20 Bible Verses about

Parenting

Proverbs 22:6 BSB

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Ephesians 6:4 BSB

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Colossians 3:21 BSB

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

Matthew 10:21 BSB

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

Luke 14:26 BSB

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

Matthew 19:29 BSB

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

Proverbs 4:3 BSB

When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,

Luke 2:33 BSB

The Child’s father and mother were amazed at what was spoken about Him.

Luke 8:51 BSB

When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.

Luke 2:48 BSB

When His parents saw Him, they were astonished. “Child, why have You done this to us?” His mother asked. “Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”

Mark 13:12 BSB

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

Ecclesiastes 6:3 BSB

A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Mark 10:29 BSB

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel

Ephesians 4:32 BSB

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

1 John 1:9 BSB

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Matthew 6:14 BSB

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Colossians 3:13 BSB

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Psalm 103:12 BSB

As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Isaiah 1:18 BSB

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

Acts 3:19 BSB

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

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