37 Bible Verses about parenthood

from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name,

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother is to be put to death.’

But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death,

You shall strike him with the rod
And rescue his soul from Sheol.

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.

Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),

“He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,”

Surely there is a future,
And your hope will not be cut off.

“If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them,

Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

A wise son accepts his father’s discipline,
But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

“He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!

Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?

Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.

but you say, ‘If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),’

For this reason his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?

and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. But His parents were unaware of it,

Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.

Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die.

“Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’”

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him.