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 God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Whosoever keeps the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of gluttonous men shames his father.

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

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes 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.

Whosoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots wastes his substance.

A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy in him.

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

And bring here the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be 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, I pray you, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's sepulcher in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found: and, lo, your father has left the concern of the donkeys, and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me your 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 should become of her.

And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old: and unto him has he given all that he has.

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

If you 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.

She answered, Give me a blessing; for you have given me the South land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the lower springs.