8 Bible Verses about Being A Parent

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

I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage -- I have conquered the world."

Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Sons born during one's youth are like arrows in a warrior's hand. How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.

Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, and do not loathe his rebuke. For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.