14 Bible Verses about Parental Love

The king was deeply moved and went up to the gate chamber and wept. As he walked, he cried, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

A discerning son keeps the law,
but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

A rod of correction imparts wisdom,
but a youth left to himself
is a disgrace to his mother.

Solomon’s proverbs:

A wise son brings joy to his father,
but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.

A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.

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

The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Be wise, my son, and bring my heart joy,
so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.

Then bring the fattened calf and slaughter it, and let's celebrate with a feast, because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate.

Then Israel said to him, “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he went to Shechem.

Today when you leave me, you’ll find two men at Rachel’s Grave at Zelzah in the land of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went looking for have been found, and now your father has stopped being concerned about the donkeys and is worried about you, asking: What should I do about my son?’

The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?”

Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a big disturbance, but I don’t know what it was.”

Every day Mordecai took a walk in front of the harem’s courtyard to learn how Esther was doing and to see what was happening to her.

Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age, and he made a robe of many colors for him.

She replied, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me the springs of water also.” So he gave her the upper and lower springs.