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! O that I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

He who keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth 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 heaviness of his mother.

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

He that loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

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

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

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

And bring hither 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 thee, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

When thou hast departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulcher in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth 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 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, bore a son to my master when she was old: and to him hath he given all that he hath.

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 ye then being evil know how to give good gifts to 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.

Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.