21 Bible Verses about Teaching Children
Most Relevant Verses
“In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘By the strength of His hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.
On that day explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
The day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble the people before Me, and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth and may instruct their children.’
We must not hide them from their children,
but must tell a future generation
the praises of the Lord,
His might, and the wonderful works
He has performed.
note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:
he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
He established a testimony in Jacob
and set up a law in Israel,
which He commanded our fathers
to teach to their children
so that a future generation—
children yet to be born—might know.
They were to rise and tell their children
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit who is on you, and My words that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouth of your children, or from the mouth of your children’s children, from now on and forever,” says the Lord.
and so that you may tell your son and grandson how severely I dealt with the Egyptians and performed miraculous signs among them, and you will know that I am Yahweh.”
“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
Tell your children about it,
and let your children tell their children,
and their children the next generation.
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read before the entire assembly of Israel, including the women, the little children, and the foreigners who were with them.
Throughout the time Jehoiada the priest instructed him, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.
He established a testimony in Jacob
and set up a law in Israel,
which He commanded our fathers
to teach to their children
“When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances, which the Lord our God has commanded you?’ tell him, ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.
Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
The living, only the living can thank You,
as I do today;
a father will make Your faithfulness known to children.
