14 Bible Verses about Parental Love

And the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath said in his going, 'My son! Absalom my son; my son Absalom; oh that I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son.'

Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.

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

A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.

Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

and having brought the fatted calf, kill it, and having eaten, we may be merry, because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

and he saith to him, 'Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;' and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem.

In thy going to-day from me -- then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son?

And the king saith, 'Peace to the youth -- to Absalom?' And Ahimaaz saith, 'I saw the great multitude, at the sending away of the servant of the king, even thy servant by Joab, and I have not known what it is.'

and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.

and Sarah, my lord's wife, beareth a son to my lord, after she hath been aged, and he giveth to him all that he hath.

and a small upper coat doth his mother make to him, and she hath brought it up to him from time to time, in her coming up with her husband to sacrifice the sacrifice of the time.

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he is a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat;

And she saith, 'Give to me a blessing; when the land of the south thou hast given me, then thou hast given to me springs of waters;' and he giveth to her the upper springs and the lower springs.