Bible Verses By Need
14 Bible Verses for Parenting
Children are a gift and a trust from God. He gives wisdom to those who ask, grace for the hard days, and promises to work in your children beyond what your hands can do.
What the Bible says about parenting
“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”
Psalm 127:3
Your children are a heritage from God, entrusted, not owned, and deeply valued.
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6
Faithful, patient training plants seeds that God can bring to harvest over a lifetime.
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
Ephesians 6:4
Parenting God's way blends firmness with tenderness, never exasperation.
“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally.”
James 1:5
You do not have to have all the answers; God gives wisdom generously to parents who ask.
“All thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.”
Isaiah 54:13
God Himself teaches your children, and promises them peace.
“And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”
Deuteronomy 6:7
God calls parents to teach his words to their children diligently through the ordinary moments of the day.
“Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.”
Proverbs 29:17
Loving correction of a child brings rest and lasting delight to a parent's heart.
“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.”
Psalms 103:13
God pities his children the way a tender father does, which shows you how to love your own.
“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.”
Proverbs 22:15
It honestly names the foolishness bound up in a child's heart and the patient guidance that draws it out.
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.”
3 John 1:4
There is no greater joy for a parent than to see their children walking in the truth.
“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;”
Deuteronomy 4:9
You are urged to keep your own heart and pass what God has done on to your sons and their sons.
“The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.”
Proverbs 20:7
A parent who walks in integrity leaves a blessing that follows their children after them.
“But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.”
Mark 10:14
Jesus welcomes little children and is displeased when anyone keeps them from coming to him.
“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
2 Timothy 3:15
Scripture known from childhood is able to make a child wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
A prayer for parenting
Father, thank You for the children You have entrusted to me. Give me wisdom I do not have and patience I keep running out of. Help me nurture them without exasperating them, and to point them to You more by my life than my words. Where I fall short, cover it with Your grace. Draw my children to Yourself, and keep them all their days. In Jesus' name, amen.
You do not have to face this alone
The family will pray with you, and you can hear how Christ met someone else in the same place.
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- What does the Bible say about parenting?
- Scripture calls parents to train children in God's ways (Proverbs 22:6), to nurture rather than provoke them (Ephesians 6:4), and to rely on God's wisdom (James 1:5).
- Is there a Bible verse for praying for your children?
- Isaiah 54:13 ('All thy children shall be taught of the LORD') and Psalm 127:3 are beloved verses to pray over children.
- How can I be a good parent according to the Bible?
- Depend on God's wisdom, train and nurture with love and consistency, model faith, extend grace, and entrust your children to the Lord in prayer.
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