47 Bible Verses about Parents

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Matthew 19:16-19

"Teacher," said one man, coming up to Him, "what that is good shall I do in order to win the Life of the Ages?" "Why do you ask me," He replied, "about what is good? There is only One who is truly good. But if you desire to enter into Life, keep the Commandments." "Which Commandments?" he asked. Jesus answered, "'Thou shalt not kill;' 'Thou shalt not commit adultery;' 'Thou shalt not steal;' 'Thou shalt not lie in giving evidence;'read more.
Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thyself.'"

Mark 10:17-19

As He went out to resume His journey, there came a man running up to Him, who knelt at His feet and asked, "Good Rabbi, what am I to do in order to inherit the Life of the Ages?" "Why do you call me good?" asked Jesus in reply; "there is no one truly good except One--that is, God. You know the Commandments--'Do not murder;' 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Do not defraud;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"

Luke 18:18-20

The question was put to Him by a Ruler: "Good Rabbi, what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?" "Why do you call me good?" replied Jesus; "there is no one good but One, namely God. You know the Commandments: 'Do not commit adultery;' 'Do not murder;' 'Do not steal;' 'Do not lie in giving evidence;' 'Honour thy father and thy mother.'"

Ephesians 6:1-3

Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian duty, for it is a duty. "Honour your father and your mother" --this is the first Commandment which has a promise added to it-- "so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth."

2 Timothy 3:1-2

But of this be assured: in the last days grievous times will set in. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, profane. They will be disobedient to parents, thankless, irreligious,

Matthew 15:1-9

Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired, "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders by not washing their hands before meals?" "Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?read more.
For God said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death'; but you--this is what you say: 'If a man says to his father or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise you should have received from me-- he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition. Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you, "'This is a People who honour Me with their lips, while their heart is far away from Me; but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"

Mark 7:1-13

Then the Pharisees, with certain Scribes who had come from Jerusalem, came to Him in a body. They had noticed that some of His disciples were eating their food with 'unclean' (that is to say, unwashed) (For the Pharisees and all the Jews--being, as they are, zealous for the traditions of the Elders--never eat without first carefully washing their hands,read more.
and when they come from market they will not eat without bathing first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.) So the Pharisees and Scribes put the question to Him: "Why do your disciples transgress the traditions of the Elders, and eat their food with unclean hands?" "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites," He replied; "as it is written, "'This People honour Me with their lips, while their hearts are far away from Me: But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.' "You neglect God's Commandment: you hold fast to men's traditions." "Praiseworthy indeed!" He added, "to set at nought God's Commandment in order to observe your own traditions! For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother' and again, 'He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.' But *you* say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, It is a Korban (that is, a thing devoted to God) And so you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or mother, thus nullifying God's precept by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things of that kind you do."

Romans 1:28-32

And just as they had refused to continue to have a full knowledge of God, so it was to utterly worthless minds that God gave them up, for them to do things which should not be done. Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful. They were secret backbiters, open slanderers; hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of sin, disobedient to parents, destitute of common sense,read more.
faithless to their promises, without natural affection, without human pity. In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.

Luke 21:16-17

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, friends; and some of you they will put to death. You will be the objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name;

Luke 18:28-30

Then Peter said, "See, we have given up our homes and have followed you." "I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has left house or wife, or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of God's Kingdom, who shall not certainly receive many times as much in this life, and in the age that is coming the Life of the Ages."

Matthew 19:27-29

Then Peter said to Jesus, "See, *we* have forsaken everything and followed you; what then will be *our* reward?" "I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that in the New Creation, when the Son of Man has taken His seat on His glorious throne, all of you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel. And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, shall receive many times as much and shall have as his inheritance the Life of the Ages.

Mark 10:28-30

"Remember," said Peter to Him, "that we forsook everything and have become your followers." "In solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that there is no one who has forsaken house or brothers or sisters, or mother or father, or children or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, but will receive a hundred times as much now in this present life--houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands--and persecution with them--and in the coming age the Life of the Ages.

John 9:1-3

As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth. So His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned--this man or his parents--that he was born blind?" "Neither he nor his parents sinned," answered Jesus, "but he was born blind in order that God's mercy might be openly shown in him.

Matthew 19:3-6

Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?" "Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them 'made them' from the beginning 'male and female, and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'?read more.
Thus they are no longer two, but 'one'! What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

Mark 10:2-9

Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question--seeking to entrap Him, "May a man divorce his wife?" "What rule did Moses lay down for you?" He answered. "Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away."read more.
"It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses enacted this law for you; but from the beginning of the creation the rule was, 'Male and female did God make them. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife, and the two shall be one'; so that they are two no longer, but 'one.' What, therefore, God has joined together let not man separate."

Ephesians 5:25-33

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her; in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal water by the word, that He might present the Church to Himself a glorious bride, without spot or wrinkle or any other defect, but to be holy and unblemished.read more.
So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself. For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church; because we are, as it were, parts of His Body. "For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one." That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church. Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman see to it that she treats her husband with respect.

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Contempt » The wicked exhibit towards » Parents

Contempt » Forbidden towards » Parents

Duty » Parents » To teach

Duty » Parents » To train

Duty » Parents » To control

1 Timothy 3:12

A deacon must be true to his one wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well.

Duty » Parents » To provide for

Duty » Parents » To love

Home » Parents » Parental indulgence » samuel

Influence » Good » Parents

Matthew 14:8

So she, instigated by her mother, said, "Give me here on a dish the head of John the Baptist."

More verses: Amos 2:4

Mizpah » A city » David » Takes care » Parents

Parents » Prayers » Sorrow

Parents » Prayers » Sins of parents visited upon the children

Parents » Honoring your parents

Ephesians 6:2-3

"Honour your father and your mother" --this is the first Commandment which has a promise added to it-- "so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth."

Parents » Duty » Example, good

More verses: 2 Chronicles 27:2

Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Partiality

More verses: Genesis 42:4

Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Obedience to

More verses: Colossians 3:20

Parents » Duty to » Filial obedience encouraged

More verses: Colossians 3:20

Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Evil influence of parents

Matthew 14:8

So she, instigated by her mother, said, "Give me here on a dish the head of John the Baptist."

More verses: Amos 2:4

Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Joy

Luke 15:23-24

Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves; for my son here was dead and has come to life again: he was lost and has been found.' "And they began to be merry.

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To correct them

Parents » Curses entailed

More verses: Ezekiel 16:44

Parents » Prayers » Solicitude

Parents » Those that curse their parents

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » David

Parents » Prayers on behalf of children » Of david

Parents » Duty » To teach

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » jacob

More verses: Genesis 48:10-11

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To instruct them in God's word

Parents » Should pray for their children » When in sickness

John 4:46

So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum.

Mark 5:23

and besought Him with many entreaties. "My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death: I pray you come and lay your hands upon her, that she may recover and live."

John 4:49

"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."

Parents » Duty » To train

Parents » Examples of fathers' love » David

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To provide for them

Parents » Examples of fathers' love » jacob

Parents » Sins of, visited on their children

Parents » When faithful » Leave a blessing to their children

Parents » Prayers » Pride

Matthew 20:21

"What is it you desire?" He asked. "Command," she replied, "that these my two sons may sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your Kingdom."

Parents » Receive their children from God

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To command them to obey God

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Mary

Matthew 12:46

While He was still addressing the people His mother and His brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring to speak to Him.

John 19:25

Now standing close to the cross of Jesus were His mother and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

John 2:5

His mother said to the attendants, "Whatever he tells you to do, do it."

Luke 2:48

When they saw Him, they were smitten with amazement, and His mother said to Him, "My child, why have you behaved thus to us? Your father and I have been searching for you in anguish."

Parents » Should pray for their children » For their spiritual welfare

Parents » Duty » To nurture

Parents » Their duty to their children is » Not to provoke them

Parents » What fathers should not do

Parents » Their duty to their children is » Not to make unholy connections for them

Parents » Duty » To control

1 Timothy 3:12

A deacon must be true to his one wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well.

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To rule them

1 Timothy 3:12

A deacon must be true to his one wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well.

Parents » Good--exemplified » David

Parents » Wicked children, a cause of grief to

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To train them up for God

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To bless them

Parents » Good--exemplified » jacob

Parents » When wicked » Instruct their children in evil

1 Peter 1:18

knowing, as you do, that it was not with a ransom of perishable wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set free from your frivolous habits of life which had been handed down to you from your forefathers,

Parents » Covenant, benefits of, entailed on children

Parents » Those that parent fools

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To tell them of the miraculous works of God

Parents » When wicked » Set a bad example to their children

Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Jairus

Mark 5:23

and besought Him with many entreaties. "My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death: I pray you come and lay your hands upon her, that she may recover and live."

Parents » Paternal blessings of » jacob

Parents » Partiality of » Jacob for joseph

Parents » Indulgent » Eli

Parents » Involved in children's wickedness

Parents » Who makes a glad father

Parents » Duty » To provide for

Parents » Paternal blessings of » isaac

Parents » Prayers » David, for solomon

Parents » Paternal reproaches

Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By stubbornness and sensuality

Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By lack of respect for

Parents » Bad--exemplified » Athaliah

Parents » Bad--exemplified » Manasseh

Parents » Partiality of » Rebekah for jacob

Parents » Those that set light by their parents

Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » Rizpah's love for her sons

Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » Rizpah's love for her sons

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To bring them to Christ

Matthew 19:13-14

Then young children were brought to Him for Him to put His hands on them and pray; but the disciples interfered. Jesus however said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike that the Kingdom of the Heavens belongs."

Parents » Good--exemplified » Joseph

Parents » Good--exemplified » Shunammite

Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Disastrous results of

Parents » Prayers » David, for the life of his child

Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By despising their mother

Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By cursing their father

Parents » Bad--exemplified » saul

Parents » When faithful » Are blessed by their children

Parents » Those that rob their parents

Parents » The father of the righteous

Parents » Who despises their mother

Parents » Parental gifts » expression of love » A home-made coat

Parents » Parental gifts » expression of love » A patrimony

Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Father of prodigal

Luke 15:12-13

The younger of them said to his father, "'Father, give me the share of the property that comes to me.' "So he divided his wealth between them. No long time afterwards the younger son got all together and travelled to a distant country, where he wasted his money in debauchery and excess.

Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Eli

Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » Hagar's love for her child

Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The canaanitish mother

Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother of samuel

Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Laban

Parents » Prayers » The father, for the demoniac

Matthew 17:15

"Sir," he said, "have pity on my son, for he is an epileptic and is very ill. Often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

Parents » Prayers » Abraham, for ishmael

Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » Hagar's love for her child

Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The canaanitish mother

Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother of samuel

Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By disobedience

Parents » Good--exemplified » Mother of lemuel

Parents » Good--exemplified » Lois and eunice

Parents » Good--exemplified » Abraham

Parents » Good--exemplified » Hannah

Parents » Who is the heaviness of their mother

Parents » What fathers should do

Parents » Fathers

Parents » Negligence of, sorely punished

Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » samuel

Parents » Parental gifts » expression of love » A type of God's bounty

Parents » Parental gifts » expression of love » A beautiful garment

Parents » Parental gifts » expression of love » Springs of water

Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother's unforgettable love

Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother of solomon's time

Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The shunammite mother

Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother's unforgettable love

Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother of solomon's time

Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The shunammite mother

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To pity them

Parents » Good--exemplified » Mother of moses

Parents » Those that smite their parents

Parents » The time when parents forsake their children

Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » David

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » The true mother of the infant brought to solomon

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Hagar

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » isaac

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Laban

Parents » Good--exemplified » Manoah

Parents » Bad--exemplified » Mother of micah

Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses

Parents » Love examples of mothers' love » The mother of jesus

John 19:25

Now standing close to the cross of Jesus were His mother and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Father of the prodigal

Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother of moses

Parents » Love of, for children examples of mothers' love » The mother of jesus

John 19:25

Now standing close to the cross of Jesus were His mother and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

Parents » Paternal blessings of » Noah

Parents » Prayers » The syrophenician mother

Mark 7:26

She was a Gentile woman, a Syro-phoenician by nation: and again and again she begged Him to expel the demon from her daughter.

Parents » Duty » To love

Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By failure in providing for

Parents » Dishonouring parents, different ways of » By strife in the household

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Rizpah

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To love them

Parents » Bad--exemplified » Herodias

Mark 6:24

She at once went out and said to her mother: "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptizer," she replied.

Parents » The reward for parenting strange children

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Rebekah's mother

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » The nobleman

John 4:49

"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Isaac and rebekah

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Hannah

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Naomi

Parents » Their duty to their children is » To tell them of God's judgments

Parents » Prayers on behalf of children » Of hannah

Parents » Paternal blessings of » Abraham

Parents » Partiality of » Isaac for esau

Parents » Prayers » Job, for his children

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Father of the demoniac

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Jairus

Mark 5:23

and besought Him with many entreaties. "My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death: I pray you come and lay your hands upon her, that she may recover and live."

Parents » Should pray for their children » When in temptation

Parents » Prayers on behalf of children » Of job

Parents » Partiality of » Jacob for benjamin

Parents » Indulgent » David

Parents » Parental affection exemplified by » Moses' mother

Partiality » Parents

More verses: Genesis 42:4

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Sorrow » Godly » Parents

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Matthew 12:34

O vipers' brood, how can you speak what is good when you are evil? For it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks.

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