9 Bible Verses about Parenting Responsibilities

Now I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, for I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

Children, obey your parents as you would the Lord, because this is right.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to practice godliness toward their own family first and to repay their parents, for this pleases God.

“In those days, it will never again be said:

The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on his own hands.

Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.

For you can have 10,000 instructors in Christ, but you can’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

God provides homes for those who are deserted.
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.