14 Bible Verses about Parental Love

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his'substance.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

And he said to him, Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

And the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, even me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old. And unto him hath he given all that he hath.

Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.

And she said, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.