9 Bible Verses about Parenting Responsibilities

Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.

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

but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge:

Whatever man revileth his father and his mother shall certainly be put to death: he hath reviled his father and his mother; his blood is upon him.

Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the glad tidings.

God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.