14 Bible Verses about Parental Love

And the king was much moved, and went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said thus: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died in thy stead, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.

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

The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; but he that is a companion of harlots destroyeth his substance.

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

The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him:

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to 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 has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of the flock; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came towards Shechem.

When thou goest from me to-day, thou shalt meet two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to thee, The asses are found which thou wentest to seek, and behold, thy father has dismissed the matter of the asses, and is anxious about you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

And the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz said, I saw a great tumult when Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant; 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 should become of her.

And Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master after she had grown old; and unto him has he given all that he has.

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

If therefore ye, being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?

And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.

And she said, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a southern land; give me also springs of water. Then he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.