8 Bible Verses about Being A Parent

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of God.

I spoke to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you have tribulation. Be of good cheer for I have conquered the world!

Children are an inheritance from Jehovah. They are a blessing from him. The children born to a man when he is young are like arrows in the hand of a warrior. Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. He will not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the city gate.

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

Fathers, do not provoke your children, that they not be discouraged.

Do not withhold discipline from a child. If you spank him with a stick he will not die. You will spank him with a stick and deliver him from death.

My son, do not despise Jehovah's discipline or be weary of his correction. For whom Jehovah loves He reproves, just like a father corrects the son he loves dearly. (Hebrews 12:6)

Listen to your father who gave you life. Do not despise your mother when she is old.