19 Bible Verses about Becoming A Parent

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), "that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."read more.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.

Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), "that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,

"Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children's children-- how on the day that you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, 'Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.'

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."