14 Bible Verses about Parental Love

The king was upset, and he went up to the upper room of the gate and wept. He said as he went, "My son, Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom. {If only} I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son."

He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

As for a rod and reproof, they will give wisdom, but a neglected child is disgraced [by] his mother.

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.

A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.

A man who loves wisdom will make his parents glad, but the friend of prostitutes will squander his wealth.

A child of wisdom will make a father glad, but a {foolish person}, he despises his mother.

The father of the righteous will surely rejoice; he who bears a wise person will be happy with him.

Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, and I will answer him who reproaches me [with] a word.

And bring the fattened calf--kill [it] and let us eat [and] celebrate, because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.

Then he said to him, "Go now, see {if it goes well for your brothers and for the flock}, then return word to me." And he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he arrived at Shechem.

As you go from with me {today}, you will find two men near the burial site of Rachel in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will say to you, 'The female donkeys that you went to search for have been found.' Now look, your father {is no longer concerned about} the female donkeys and has begun worrying about you, saying, 'What should I do about my son?'

The king said, "[Is] it peace for the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz said, "I saw the great commotion when Joab the servant of the king sent your servant, but I do not know what [it was all about]."

And every day Modecai would walk up and down in front of the courtyard of the {harem} to learn {how Esther was doing}.

And Sarah, the wife of my master, has borne a son to my master after her old age. And he has given to him all that he has.

His mother used to make for him a small robe and take it to him {year by year} whenever she came up with her husband to offer the {annual sacrifice}.

Therefore if you, [although you] are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, for he [was] a son of his old age. And he made a robe with long sleeves for him.

And she said to him, "Give to me a gift; you have given me the land of the Negev, and you must give to me a spring of water." And he gave to her the upper and lower spring.