20 Bible Verses about

Raising Children

Isaiah 30:9 BSB

These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

Ephesians 6:4 BSB

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

Ephesians 6:1 BSB

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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 18:29 BSB

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

Titus 2:4 BSB

In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

Colossians 3:20 BSB

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

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.

1 Timothy 5:4 BSB

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 12:14 BSB

See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

1 John 5:21 BSB

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Luke 7:35 BSB

But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

Psalm 109:9 BSB

May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

Ephesians 5:1 BSB

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

Ephesians 4:32 BSB

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

1 Corinthians 13:4 BSB

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

Colossians 3:13 BSB

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

1 Corinthians 13:13 BSB

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

1 John 4:7 BSB

Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

John 13:34 BSB

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

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